The following is a summary of “Histone Modifications and DNA Methylation in Psoriasis: A Cellular Perspective,” published in the January 2025 issue of Allergy and Immunology by Pan et al. Epigenetic ...

KUNMING -- Chinese researchers have recently discovered that unique DNA methylation characteristics in long-lived men grant ...

The study, led by clinician-scientist Heike Bischoff-Ferrari and geroscientist Steve Horvath, revealed that a combination of ...

A South African scientist is pioneering a DNA methylation test that aims to enhance the early detection of cervical cancer.

In late 2021 a Russian-born billionaire named Yuri Milner gathered some of the most celebrated scientific minds of our time ...

Researchers discovered a molecular timer that gets activated in the first days of pregnancy and influences when mice give ...

The methylation of plasma cell-free DNA (cfDNA) has emerged as a valuable diagnostic and prognostic biomarker in various cancers including colorectal cancer (CRC). Currently, there are no biomarkers ...

Fathers exposed to high stress in childhood had different epigenetic markers that may affect their offspring, though more ...

However, how DNA methylation leads to gene silencing remains poorly understood. Candidates for facilitating DNA methylation-dependent gene silencing include proteins predicted to recognize methylated ...

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 ...

1Interdisciplinary Scientist Training Program, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. 2Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.