Typically, the information encoded in DNA allows organisms to develop, function, and pass traits across generations. Yet DNA ...

A major mouse study found that some inherited traits are passed down through epigenetic changes that break the classic rules ...

Epigenetics, the study of changes in gene function that do not involve alterations to the DNA sequence, plays a pivotal role in understanding the complex interplay between genetics and the environment ...

Epigenetic aging clocks use DNA methylation patterns to measure biological age and predict health risks across human tissues.

DNA methylation and epigenetic modifications play pivotal roles in the initiation and progression of esophageal cancer, encompassing both squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma. Methyl groups ...

DNA has tremendous potential as a data storage medium, but the process of synthesizing DNA from scratch is time-consuming. It has to be done one nucleotide at a time in a specific sequence. New ...

DNA is often seen as the blueprint of life—carrying the code to govern the development and traits of an organism—but “there are things beyond the DNA sequence,” says Xiaoqi Feng, a plant geneticist at ...

This Brush Up is sponsored by Cayman Chemical. Learn more about chemical inhibitors of histone modification. Histone modification affects how tightly DNA wraps around histone proteins, yielding ...

Researchers have discovered that a DNA modification called 5-formylcytosine (5fC) functions as an activating epigenetic switch that kick-starts genes in early embryonic development. This finding ...

Epigenetic mechanisms such as DNA methylation, histone modifications and chromatin remodelling exert crucial control over gene expression in the brain, shaping neurodevelopmental trajectories and ...

For more than a century, heredity has been framed through the tidy logic of Mendel’s pea plants: traits pass from parent to ...

Epigenetics, the study of changes in gene function that do not involve alterations to the DNA sequence, plays a pivotal role in understanding the complex interplay between genetics and the environment ...