Chemical modification of DNA by methylation evolved billions of years ago for gene regulation, but plants and animals now use it to shut down molecular parasites called transposons. Read the whole ...

“Our fluorescent marker is blue, and we see cells glow across the entire spectrum, from really shiny blue, to dimmer and ...

When cells are healthy, we don't expect them to suddenly change cell types. A skin cell on your hand won't naturally morph ...

Scientists are uncovering the secrets of a fast-acting molecular messaging network that strongly influences how people and ...

Recent advances in epigenetics research provide more clues as to why identical twins are different and offer ways to treat ...

The method is based on a naturally occurring process called epigenetic modification—chemical changes to the DNA that affect its expression.

Long-term, heritable changes in gene activity fundamentally shape our biology, trigger many of our diseases, and set the clock on how we age. Now, a team of U of U Health scientists is starting an ...

Researchers at the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) interdisciplinary research group of the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research ...

Phosphorothioate (PT) Modification: A covalent alteration in DNA where a non-bridging oxygen is replaced by sulphur, affecting the chemical and biological properties of the DNA backbone.

This complex mechanism is mainly driven by the interaction between proteins called transcription factors, DNA regulatory regions, and epigenetic modifications -- chemical alterations that change ...

A chemical modification in the HIV-1 RNA genome whose function has been a matter of scientific debate is now confirmed to be key to the virus’s ability to survive and thrive after infecting ...