New evidence from rocks, molecules and machine learning is forcing scientists to redraw the opening chapters of Earth’s story ...

Zymo Research partners with biomodal to offer advanced multiomic sequencing, enabling 5mC, 5hmC and genetic analysis from a ...

In his new book, Dr Mubin Syed traces a line between colonial hunger and modern heart disease and diabetes across South Asia.

Every cell within an organism shares an identical genetic blueprint. Their distinct identities stem from epigenetics—precise ...

All the cells in an organism have the exact same genetic sequence. What differs across cell types is their epigenetics—meticulously placed chemical tags that influence which genes are expressed in ...

All the cells in an organism have the exact same genetic sequence. What differs across cell types is their ...

Psychology Assistant Professor Sarah Merrill studies the chemical tags that trauma and other adverse experiences can leave on ...

Until recently, little was known about how memory functions in trees which experience decades, even centuries, of shifting ...

The authors investigated the epigenetic mechanisms regulating the differentiation of circulating monocytes that infiltrate the CNS and adopt microglia-like characteristics. The work is useful to the ...

Different cell types typically express unique genes to help them differentiate into their assigned roles—skin cells express genes for skin while liver cells express genes for liver and so on. However, ...

Childhood cancer treatments can accelerate biological aging, increasing risks for long-term health issues like heart disease and hypertension. Epigenetic age acceleration measures the difference ...