Research on the genomes of Pygmy hunter-gatherer populations and Bantu farmers in Central Africa has shown for the first time that our habitat and lifestyle can have an impact on our epigenome -- the ...

During cell division, DNA sequence along with its distinct organization in chromatin must be transmitted to daughter cells in order to maintain genome stability and keep the memory of established ...

Many epigenetic approaches contribute to our understanding of gene regulation and cell identity. By pursuing these epigenetic approaches, different levels of functionality can be proven for epigenomic ...

A recent study led to the development of a powerful epigenetic editing technology. The system unlocks the ability to precisely program chromatin modifications at any specific position in the genome, ...

Using cannabis may cause changes in the human body's epigenome, a study of over 1,000 adults suggests. The epigenome functions like a set of switches, activating or deactivating genes to change how ...

In Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte’s lab at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, the health of mutant mice suffering from kidney disease, muscular dystrophy, or diabetes improved after the ...

In this research project, we aim to examine in model mouse 1) how histone lysine methylation is crucial for brain functions and 2) whether the cognition and behavior phenotypes induced by the ...