Why do animals behave differently, and what are the consequences of this? A research team from the Collaborative Research ...

While hoarding behavior has traditionally been understood through psychological and environmental lenses, recent research suggests that epigenetics may play a significant role in the development and ...

Chromatin is one of the earliest identified targets for cancer therapeutics. Drug development aimed at altering chromatin can be traced to the differentiating agents of the 1970s and their link to DNA ...

Researchers describe the impact of epigenetics on cancer treatment and how it has become a crucial tool to improve early detection, predict disease progression and become a target for new treatments.

Epigenetics may have more control over cancer development than previously thought, according to two papers published simultaneously. An international collaboration of researchers at The Institute of ...

The epigenome consists of nuclear information, heritable during cell division, that controls development, tissue differentiation, and cellular responsiveness. Epigenetic information is controlled by ...

In 2018, when the study of potentially modifiable genetic markers for sleep apnea was emerging, a group of researchers from Mexico published a study titled, “Dad’s snoring may have left molecular ...

Noodles, vegetables and mushrooms. Image by Tim Sandle. Noodles, vegetables and mushrooms. Image by Tim Sandle. Diet and nutrition are regularly discussed subjects. What is less reported is what is ...

The brain may lose control over which genes get expressed as it ages.

Because identical twins develop from a single fertilized egg, they have the same genome, the entire set of genetic material found in an organism. So, any differences between them, even in traits with ...