The field of plant epigenetics is increasingly recognized for its crucial role in mediating plant responses to diverse environmental stressors intensified ...

Diet can leave lasting epigenetic marks that reshape gene expression, metabolic pathways, and disease susceptibility across the lifespan. These diet-driven molecular changes may create a form of ...

DNA methylation data can be used to estimate biological age, but results across commercial tests differ, raising questions ...

Why do identical twins sometimes experience different health outcomes as they age? How is it that a pregnant woman’s nutrition can influence her unborn child’s future risk of developing certain ...

Dr. Jennifer Amengual explains how epigenetic therapies treat lymphomas by changing gene expression rather than killing dividing cells like chemotherapy. Epigenetic therapies are offering a more ...

Scientists have long been puzzled by a phenomenon among identical twins called discordance. Despite having the same DNA, aging twins can become discordant for certain traits. One twin can be taller ...

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver cancer and a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. While environmental and genetic factors contribute to HCC, increasing ...

A large study found children exclusively breastfed show distinct epigenetic markers linked to immunity and development, ...

Babies who are exclusively breastfed for at least three months carry markers in their blood that differ from babies who are ...