Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have carried out the most detailed mapping to date of the epigenome in the cells ...

Cancer cells excel at evading detection, but subtle chemical differences set them apart from healthy cells. Now, a team of ...

The visible effects of ageing on our body are in part linked to invisible changes in gene activity. The epigenetic process of DNA methylation — the addition or removal of tags called methyl groups — ...

UNSW Sydney researchers, for the first time, have completely defined the essential cellular process known as methylation. In a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ...

People who live with obesity are "tagging" a memory of being overweight on a key part of the immune system—leaving people ...

A detailed epigenome map shows how DNA methylation reshapes gene regulation in pancreatic cells, impairing insulin production ...

“Our results suggest that rDNA promoter methylation and the age-related loss of active rDNA TU, which are a hallmark of the aging process, start only after reaching sexual maturity.” “Our results ...

Babies who are exclusively breastfed for at least three months carry markers in their blood that differ from babies who are ...

Breastfeeding may influence how children’s genes work later through small biological changes after birth, according to a new ...