DNA methylation is a key epigenome component that helps dictate how genes are expressed, contributing to normal cell and tissue differentiation during development, as well as the process of biological ...

An international group of researchers led by the UAB analyzed the genes that are expressed in neurons and astrocytes based on data from 800 individuals and compared what happens in Alzheimer's ...

Epigenetics is the study of various heritable alterations that control gene expression without changing the DNA sequence. 1 The name epigenetics comes from the Greek prefix “epi”, which means on top ...

Ever since the cell was recognized as the basic unit of life almost 200 years ago, biologists have been on a quest to characterize and classify the myriads of distinct cell types that make up each ...

New research suggests that alternative splicing may have an even greater influence on biology than just by creating new protein isoforms. The study shows that the biggest impact of alternative ...

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNA) are a type of RNA molecule that do not carry instructions to make proteins. Instead, they influence how other genes are expressed. There are tens of thousands of lncRNAs ...

Intergenerational trauma describes the theory that trauma can be passed to future generations through changes in DNA. Intergenerational trauma is thought to be passed down through epigenetic changes, ...

Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence researchers have identified over 60 transcriptomic neuron types in the ...