epigenetics

We’re used to the idea that as adults we have some control over our destiny: what we eat and drink and how much we exercise can affect our health...

Evidence has been building in recent years that our diet, our habits or traumatic experiences can have consequences for the health of our children –...

Researchers have identified the role that a four-stranded version of DNA may play in the role of cancer progression, and suggest that it may be used...

The world of epigenetics – where molecular ‘switches’ attached to DNA turn genes on and off – has just got bigger with the discovery by a team of...

A rare DNA base, previously thought to be a temporary modification, has been shown to be stable in mammalian DNA, suggesting that it plays a key role...

A team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge has described for the first time in humans how the epigenome – the suite of molecules...

New sequencing technology is transforming epigenetics research, and could greatly improve understanding of cancer, embryo formation, stem cells and...

New research is helping to unveil how the parasite that causes sleeping sickness uses stealth tactics to escape detection by the human immune system.