The development of an embryo is one of the most fundamental processes in biology. Early in this process, it is determined ...

Cancer cells excel at evading detection, but subtle chemical differences set them apart from healthy cells. Now, a team of ...

Childhood maltreatment is associated with accelerated biological aging and a tendency to avoid looking at people’s eyes. New ...

Breastfeeding may influence how children’s genes work later through small biological changes after birth, according to a new ...

The visible effects of ageing on our body are in part linked to invisible changes in gene activity. The epigenetic process of DNA methylation — the addition or removal of tags called methyl groups — ...

UNSW Sydney researchers, for the first time, have completely defined the essential cellular process known as methylation. In a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ...

Babies who are exclusively breastfed for at least three months carry markers in their blood that differ from babies who are ...

People who live with obesity are 'tagging' a memory of being overweight on a key part of the immune system - leaving people ...

A detailed epigenome map shows how DNA methylation reshapes gene regulation in pancreatic cells, impairing insulin production ...