Epigenetics, the dynamic regulation of genetic expression, involves complex molecular mechanisms. While the process of gene silencing by methylating the H3K27 position in histones is understood ...

Epigenetic features of DNA refer to modifiable aspects like structure, or chemical tags that may be attached or removed, and which modify gene expression without changing the sequence of the genome. A ...

New data from Eurofins Discovery show that Telomir-1 blocks enzymes that drive disease by turning off critical genes-highlighting its potential to treat cancer, autoimmune conditions, ...

The expression of genes has to be carefully regulated in cells; active genes give cells their identity and ability to function. Epigenetic features are just one way that cells control gene expression, ...

Epigenetics affects gene expression by turning genes on and off. This can refer to genes making proteins where or when they normally would not, or not making proteins where and when they normally ...

In a first-of-its-kind experiment tracing evolution across 25 generations, scientists have discovered that marine ...

One person's junk is another's treasure. An international team of scientists have found that strings of "junk" DNA that were ...

An international team of scientists a family genome sequences known as “transposable elements,” and found they play a vital ...

Only 40 (8.5%) switch-like genes show genetically hardwired on-versus-off expression in all tissues analyzed, i.e., universally switch-like expression.