When researchers began to study the human genome, the focus was on genes that code for protein. Proteins are crucial parts of nearly every aspect of biology, and they are very relevant to human ...

DNA methylation plays an important role in separating us genetically from our closest relatives.

A robust platform for analyzing 3D genome architecture and epigenomic features enables a deeper understanding of gene regulation in specific cell types. Researchers analyze various aspects of gene ...

Genetic information that determines hair color or whether an individual might develop a particular cancer is passed from one generation to the next through DNA. Genes encoded in the DNA contain ...

Research from the Reik lab at the Babraham Institute has advanced our understanding of the role of DNA methylation during the earlier stages of development. Technological advances in this field, ...

A group of scientists has uncovered a previously unknown way that our genes are made into reality. Rather than directions going one-way from DNA to RNA to proteins, the latest study shows that RNA ...

Acute lung injury (ALI) is a critical clinical condition characterized by diffuse inflammation of the lung parenchyma and intractable hypoxemia, typically caused by factors, such as trauma, pneumonia, ...

—These investigators performed the first epigenome-wide prospective meta-analysis to identify DNA methylation sites associated with pediatric ADHD symptoms. Researchers believe that, as an epigenetic ...

Epigenetics is the study of the impact of human lifestyle and environmental factors on gene expression patterns. Epigenetic changes are dynamic and reversible and inherited somatically. These changes ...