Past psychology research suggests that there is a strong relationship between difficult experiences during childhood and the development of depressive symptoms. In fact, statistics suggest that ...

Fathers exposed to high stress in childhood had different epigenetic markers that may affect their offspring, though more ...

DNA methylation is a crucial aspect of epigenetic regulation, which refers to changes in gene expression that do not involve alterations to the underlying DNA sequence. This process plays a ...

Scientists unveil the androgen clock, a precise epigenetic tool to measure long-term androgen exposure and its role in aging and health.

Andrew Teschendorff, Professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is developing computational systems-biological tools to ...

Colorectal cancer is typically diagnosed after age 50, but in recent years the disease has been increasingly found in younger ...

The methylation of plasma cell-free DNA (cfDNA) has emerged as a valuable diagnostic and prognostic biomarker in various cancers including colorectal cancer (CRC). Currently, there are no biomarkers ...

A colorectal cancer (CRC) screening public health initiative launched in Harbin, China has attracted about 830,000 ...

Results prove that inversions can be generated in plants without causing further unwanted changes in the expression of genetic information.

The science of skin ageing has entered a transformative phase, thanks to advancements in epigenetics-the study of biological mechanisms that control gene expre ...