Past psychology research suggests that there is a strong relationship between difficult experiences during childhood and the ...

Epigenetic changes, encompassing DNA methylation, are involved in the occurrence and progression of tumors and hold promise as effective tools for screening, early diagnosis, treatment strategy, ...

A new research paper was published in Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as "Aging (Albany NY)" and "Aging-US" by Web of Science ...

The team, led by Cheng Zhang and Long Qian, developed a technique to encode data as epigenetic modifications on DNA strands. This approach, named "epi-bits," uses enzymatic methylation to mark ...

Scientists unveil the androgen clock, a precise epigenetic tool to measure long-term androgen exposure and its role in aging ...

DNA methylation is the covalent addition of methyl groups to DNA bases, typically the cytosine of CpG dinucleotides. It is catalyzed by methyltransferase enzymes using a S-adenosyl methionine ...

Colorectal cancer is typically diagnosed after age 50, but in recent years the disease has been increasingly found in younger people and disproportionately affecting racial and ethnic minorities.

The researchers found significant DNA methylation changes in people who had used marijuana. Between 16 and 132 markers of DNA ...

Introduction: DNA methylation inhibitors have been approved for the prevention of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), and their safety profile is not fully characterized. This study was aimed at evaluating ...