Epigenetic Changes in Aging: How Gene Expression Shifts over Time
IntroductionUnderstanding epigenetics and agingHow the epigenome changes with ageEpigenetic clocks: Measuring biological agingWhy do epigenetic changes occur during…
Scientists Discover Exercise Changes the Body in Ways We Never Fully Understood
Exercise affects far more than muscle, but its molecular effects vary across the body. By mapping changes across…
Three months of yoga before surgery revealed a surprising difference in stress hormones
As patients prepared for bariatric surgery, researchers examined whether three months of yoga could influence stress hormones, inflammation,…
AI Can Detect Hidden Signs of Aging in the 3D Architecture of DNA
A new AI tool can read hidden signatures of aging from ordinary microscopy images of blood-forming stem cells.…
Paternal sperm epigenetics may help explain early pregnancy loss
When a pregnancy ends early and unexplained, the search for answers usually begins with the mother. Lacey Luense,…
Early-life stress rewires brain epigenetics to heighten sensitivity to future stress
Mouse experiments reveal how early-life stress may leave a lasting epigenetic imprint in dopamine-related brain circuitry, priming molecular,…
Obscure X chromosome protein emerges as key driver in several cancers
A little-known protein encoded on the X chromosome is attracting growing attention for its potential role in cancer…
Scientists find hundreds of inherited DNA patterns that defy classic Mendelian genetics
For more than a century, heredity has been framed through the tidy logic of Mendel’s pea plants: traits…
Scientists say they may be closer than ever to reversing aging
In old age, the liver’s DNA packaging starts to come undone. That breakdown does not change the genetic…
Penn engineers use AI to solve some of science’s most difficult math problems
A ripple tells you something happened, but not exactly what. That is the core problem behind a hard…
Study identifies epigenetic patterns affecting insulin and glucagon production in type 2 diabetes
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have carried out the most detailed mapping to date of the epigenome…
Early epigenetic changes shape infant gut microbiome development
The gut microbiome and epigenetics-molecular switches that turn genes on or off-are intertwined, and both contribute to neurodevelopment,…