The expression of genes has to be carefully regulated in cells; active genes give cells their identity and ability to function. Epigenetic features are just one way that cells control gene expression, ...

Immunotherapy is one of the pillars in the fight against cancer and aims to enable the body's own immune system to fight a tumor. A recent study now shows that removing certain enzymes that regulate ...

The process of “epigenetic memory” in nerve cells plays a key role in learning ability, memory function, and healthy brain ...

Six epigenetic features define the new Epigenetic Hallmarks of Cancer, an add-on to the widely accepted Hallmarks of Cancer. Scientists concluded that malignant transformation requires some degree of ...

Epigenetic editing is a promising method for gene regulation in vitro and in vivo, allowing precise control of gene expression without altering the DNA sequence, thereby minimizing genotoxic risks.

Maternal prenatal stress related to natural and human-made disasters can lead to epigenetic modifications in offspring, ...

EVENT: The second annual Epigenetic Control and Cellular Plasticity symposium will focus on how epigenetic control and chromatin remodeling contribute to various processes that lead to cellular ...

Image credit:© Davide Normanno, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), shared under the CC BY 4.0 International license. To test their hypothesis, they turned to the fruit fly, ...

Cancer mortality has just surpassed cardiovascular disease for the first time ever and one in two men, and one in three women, will be diagnosed with some form of the disease in the US, according to ...