Cannabis use may leave lasting fingerprints on the human body, a study of over 1,000 adults suggests – not in our DNA code itself, but in how that code is expressed. US researchers found it may cause ...

Repeated exercise, or wasting, can change the way key genes work.

Treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML) depends on knowing what goes wrong inside cells. A new study suggests that two genetic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers found associations between DNA methylation on imprinted genes at birth and metabolic dysfunction in ...

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

Although the gut renews itself constantly, its stem cells accumulate age-related molecular changes that quietly alter how ...

Psychology Assistant Professor Sarah Merrill studies the chemical tags that trauma and other adverse experiences can leave on children’s genes – and whether interventions can buffer the effects of ...

There are markers that sit on top of DNA and change over the course of one's lifetime, and they can even be passed down to future generations. These "epigenetic" markers alter how genes are expressed ...

Jewell’s research focuses on epigenetics, the biological mechanisms that regulate how genes are expressed without changing ...