Researchers at the University of Exeter have created a detailed temporal map of chemical changes to DNA through development ...

Researchers have built a detailed map of DNA methylation changes in nearly 1,000 human brains from six weeks after conception ...

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 — ...

The method, known as EVOFLUx, uses natural fluctuations in DNA methylation as a kind of molecular “barcode” to reconstruct a ...

DNA can also be demethylated, either through passive or active processes. Passive DNA demethylation occurs when the methylation pattern is not replenished during DNA replication and gradually ...

At the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, scientists created a new way to tell someone’s age using just a bit of DNA. This method uses a blood sample and a small part of your genetic code to give highly ...

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Scientists analyzed data from more than one million users of 23andMe and found associations between certain genes and stuttering ...

A new study in fruit flies describes how an animal's gut reacts differently to beneficial microbes versus harmful pathogens.