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Why some people struggle with shift work fatigue: It’s in the genes

Some people adapt easily to shift work, but not everyone can handle constant disruptions to their daily rhythm. Finnish researchers ...
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Unapproved DNA drug therapy could reduce breast cancer and leukemia tumors

Jess Vilvestre | 
Promising data has revealed a new treatment for breast cancer and leukemia. It works by attacking cancer cells’ ability to repair ...
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Does first-ever epigenetics-based test to assess male fertility rely on flawed science?

Nicholas Staropoli | 
In as many as 40% of cases, the man is the sole cause or a contributing cause of a couple's ...
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IVF doesn’t cause low sperm counts in boy babies—Genes do

Meredith Knight | 
Media coverage of a recent study about infertility among boys who were conceived through IVF highlights that many misunderstand how ...
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Epigenetics and disease: No easy answers

Tabitha M. Powledge | 
How can epigenetics, the systems that turn genes off and on, help us understand disease? It may take a while ...
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Male test for infertility detects epigenetic changes linked to smoking, obesity

Usha McFarling | 
Traditional sperm tests don’t reveal much. They can assess how many sperm a man produces, whether sperm are misshapen, and how ...
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‘Black and white twins’: How genetics, epigenetics explain non-identical identical twins

Colin Moran | 
[Identical twins Amelia and Jasmine aren't] identical...One child has dark skin, black hair and brown eyes while the other has ...
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How epigenetics, our gut microbiome and the environment interact to change our lives

Ben Locwin | 
There appears to be an incredible, largely invisible world, of cellular communication, symbiosis, and chemistry occurring between ‘us’ and the ...

Changes in pattern of epigenetic tags accurately predicts gestational age

Researchers have developed a method for estimating developmental maturity of newborns. It is based on tracking DNA methylation, a structural ...
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Each of us has a genetically-programmed aging clock

Mia De Graaf | 
Five per cent of us are genetically programmed to age faster and die younger than everyone else, a groundbreaking new ...
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Genetic therapies won’t solve depression anytime soon

Ben Locwin | 
Can a better understanding of the genetics of depression lead us to safer, more effective treatments for the disease? ...
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Researchers may have found key to cancer cure in four-strand DNA

Philip Perry | 
One problem with cancer treatments today is that they attack all cells indiscriminately. Chemotherapy for instance, hurts healthy cells and ...

Smoking has long lasting ‘footprint’ on human genome

A team of scientists headed Stephanie London...conducted a meta-analysis of DNA methylation sites across the human genome using blood samples ...

Commonplace helper cells may have key role in nerve regeneration

University of Wisconsin-Madison | 
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have found a switch that redirects helper cells in the peripheral nervous system into ...
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Heart attack memory may be stored on genes via epigenetic changes

IANS | 
The memory of a heart attack gets stored in genes through epigenetic changes -- chemical modifications of DNA that turns our ...
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Was trauma from Holocaust passed on to children of survivors?

Ewan Birney | 
Genetic changes stemming from the trauma suffered by Holocaust survivors are capable of being passed on to their children, the ...
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CRISPR enters period of creative redesigns and gene editing upgrades

Tina Saey | 
Scientists usually shy away from using the word miracle — unless they’re talking about...CRISPR/Cas9. ... Even with all the genetic ...
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Epigenetics, pregnancy and the Holocaust: How trauma can shape future generations

Alison Bernstein | 
The fetus of pregnant moms who experience traumatic events are permanently effected? Are the changes passed down to future generations? ...

Genes help Latinos age slower than other ethnic groups

Mia De Graaf | 
Latinos age slower than any other ethnicity, a study has found. Scientists refer to the phenomenon as the 'Hispanic paradox', ...
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Epigenetic Zs: Could a bad night’s sleep alter your genes?

Ben Locwin | 
Sleep deprivation can not only ruin your day, it may change your DNA ...
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Scientists see genes switching off in live human brains for first time

Andy Coghlan | 
The switching-off of genes in the human brain has been watched live for the first time. By comparing this activity ...
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Autism in our DNA? Slew of studies points to genetics as main driver, but there is no ‘autism gene’

Ben Locwin, Jon Entine | 
Researchers are unlocking the mystery of autism's origin. Yes, it's mostly 'in the genes,' but what that means is one ...

Can exercise greatly change behavior of your DNA?

Marina Rose | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Are you ready for ...

Ribosomal DNA may hold key to heritable diseases

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The study...by [the] University of ...
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Can understanding epigenetics help stave off 6th mass species extinction?

Nicholas Staropoli | 
Species are disappearing from our planet at an alarming rate, can understanding how they regulate their genes help us save ...
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Media again mangles epigenetics: Shutting off ‘love hormone’ unlikely to make us less social

Nicholas Staropoli | 
LA Times coverage of a study involving the 'moral molecule' overstates the science of epigenetics ...

Do certain genes determine someone’s “criminal” nature?

Douglas Starr | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [The year 1871 brought ...
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