How old is your pup in human years? This method is much more accurate than simply multiplying by 7.

A new study led by Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has linked specific molecular markers at birth to future childhood ...

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 ...

The study covered in this summary was published in medRxiv as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. Previous attempts to identify causal associations between DNA methylation and both obesity ...

A recent study led by Dr. Manel Esteller, Director of the Josep Carreras Institute, shows how DNA methylation profiling in a common type of blood cancer, myelodysplastic syndrome, predicts whether the ...

A new study suggests epigenetic changes at Type 1 diabetes susceptibility genes may explain the risk profile of children born ...

Andean highlanders adapt to thin air through epigenetic gene tuning, revealing a flexible, long-term path to altitude survival.

DNA methylation is a fundamental epigenetic mechanism in which a methyl group is added onto a nucleotide, commonly cytosine. DNA methylation affects many biological processes, including gene ...

DNA sequencing technology makes it possible to explore the genome to learn how humans adapted to live in a wide range of ...