Genetics and Epigenetics

Epigenetic Profile at Birth Could Predict Behavior Problems Later in Life
WhatIsEpigenetics.com
Researchers from the King's College London utilized data from Bristol's Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) and uncovered a relationship between this epigenetic mark found at particular locations on the genome and CP in children ...

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Genetic Literacy Project
Epigenetics Around the Web: Trump isn't affecting human evolution and organic produce isn't helping your sperm
Genetic Literacy Project
These comments strike at the heart of the greatest misconception I encounter about epigenetics: the idea of inherited trauma. The claim follows that life experiences are so devastating for the individual (or group of people) that epigenetic changes ...

Medical Xpress
Epigenetics could help diagnose different types of cleft
Medical Xpress
Cleft lip and/or palate are common birth defects and affect around 15 in every 10,000 births in Europe. New research by the University of Bristol from the largest study of cleft lip and/or palate in the world, the Cleft Collective, has found ...

GeekWire
Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group gives $7.5M to studies on epigenetics, aging, evolution
GeekWire
Molecular structure Three Allen Distinguished Investigator projects focus on epigenetics, or how genes are turned on and off. Researchers will study how the 3-D shape of the genome and the presence of regulatory molecules impact the behavior of cells.

Epigenetics
The Banner-Graphic (blog)
We've all heard about genetics, and we all know it has to do with DNA (DeoxyriboNucleic Acid), and we all know it's how we get to looking how we do and being how we are. But since epigenetics is something even scientists have only just started studying ...

Can Tai Chi Boost Your Health Through Epigenetics?
WhatIsEpigenetics.com
Cloud hands, single whip, white crane spreads wings – you've probably never heard of these terms unless you practice tai chi, an ancient Chinese tradition that focuses on “meditation in motion.” Tai chi in modern form reduces stress and anxiety as well ...

Irish Times
Epigenetics: making its mark on our genes
Irish Times
This is all happening through epigenetics, which is not to be confused with garden variety genetics. “Genetics in scientific terms is three billion letters in a row – a,t,g, and c – organised in a particular pattern, and that is the code of life,” says ...

2017-2022 Epigenetics Industry for Therapeutics, Size, Share, Growth, Analysis & Market Demand
Medgadget (blog)
The study of the “ Epigenetics Market” provides the market size information and market trends along with the factors and parameters impacting it in both short and long term. The study ensures a 360° view, bringing out the complete key insights of the ...

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Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Baby's Epigenetics May Predict Child's Conduct Problems
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Adult criminality and mental health problems have been linked with fighting, lying, stealing, and other conduct problems (CP) that emerge in children. And these CP have, in turn, been linked with environmental risks and genetic factors—and now ...

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Application Note: The Message in the Marks: Deciphering Cancer Epigenetics
SelectScience
This article looks at epigenetic research and how it can be applied to better understanding of cancer. Epigenetics is the study of heritable gene expression; this is not purely affected by generics but also by our environment. Now it is known that ...

Application Note: The Message in the Marks: Deciphering Cancer Epigenetics
SelectScience
This article looks at epigenetic research and how it can be applied to better understanding of cancer. Epigenetics is the study of heritable gene expression; this is not purely affected by generics but also by our environment. Now it is known that ...

Epigenetics Around the Web: Q&A on hype of epigenetics and health link on Reddit Science 'Ask Me Anything'
Genetic Literacy Project
There's this big debate surrounding whether epigenetic modifications on their own cause diseases or if there is some other genetic or environmental cause which causes the disease and the epigenetic marks are a consequence of the disease. But either way ...

Epigenetics May Help Predict IBD Severity, Treatment
General Surgery News
Epigenetic changes in newly diagnosed patients with inflammatory bowel disease may help determine which ones require aggressive therapy, new research suggests. The study is part of a larger effort to identify biomarkers that predict susceptibility, ...

Drinking Tea Can Turn Genes On or Off in Women
WhatIsEpigenetics.com
Green, black, white, oolong, and rooibos – these are all types of tea many of us have enjoyed for their power to soothe or energize. But did you know that sipping on some tea could lead to epigenetic changes in your genes, especially in those linked to ...

L.A. Biz
Pasadena epigenetics startup raises money to improve male reproductive health
L.A. Biz
Episona wants to help couples get pregnant. But instead of focusing on mothers, as most infertility testing does, the epigenetics data company wants to improve outcomes in reproductive health for fathers. The Pasadena, California startup has raised ...
Episona Raises $4 million Seed Round for Commercial Expansion of Epigenetics Test for Male Infertility and Poor ...PR Newswire (press release)

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Anti Aging News
BioNews - Drinking tea alters women's epigenetics
BioNews
The study found that tea consumption causes epigenetic changes in women, but not in men. The affected genes are associated with oestrogen metabolism and ...
Drinking Tea Alters Women's Genes | Worldhealth.net Anti-Aging ...Anti Aging News

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News-Medical.net
Epigenetics and Forensics
News-Medical.net
This is because of epigenetics, in which one studies the effect of environmental factors on the activity of genes through various molecular mechanisms. Epigenetic programming begins during fetal development, can be inherited from one generation to the ...

Genetic Literacy Project
Read ELP's Nicholas Staropoli Reddit Science 'Ask Me Anything' on Epigenetics: Hype and Health
Genetic Literacy Project
I'm Nicholas Staropoli a science journalist, director of the Epigenetics Literacy Project and a writer/editor for the Genetic Literacy Project—two initiatives of the 501c3 non-profit Science Literacy Project. Both sites cover the intersection of ...

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Female Tea Drinkers See Epigenetic Changes in Cancer and Hormone Genes
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
New evidence from a group of investigators at Uppsala University shows that tea consumption in women leads to epigenetic changes in genes that are known to interact with cancer and estrogen metabolism. Findings from the new study were published ...
Drinking tea may alter women's gene expressionMedical News Today
Tea consumption leads to 'positive' epigenetic changesDigital Journal

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Mice, Ants and Amazing Pictures: Chromatin and Epigenetics EMBO Conference 2017
BMC Blogs Network (blog)
BMC Genetics recently attended the Chromatin and Epigenetics EMBO Conference in Heidelberg, Germany. Held every two years, it provides a “hub” for researchers to present their work and share ideas. Here are just a few highlights of this exciting four ...