Epigenetic aging clocks use DNA methylation patterns to measure biological age and predict health risks across human tissues.

This Brush Up is sponsored by Cayman Chemical. Learn more about chemical inhibitors of histone modification. Histone modification affects how tightly DNA wraps around histone proteins, yielding ...

DNA is often seen as the blueprint of life—carrying the code to govern the development and traits of an organism—but “there are things beyond the DNA sequence,” says Xiaoqi Feng, a plant geneticist at ...

Conventional cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy, often lack specificity and can damage both cancerous and healthy cells, ...

Collaborating researchers have made a breakthrough discovery regarding the intricate defense systems of bacteriophages (phages)—viruses that can specifically target harmful bacteria without harming ...

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 ...

DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification in which a methyl group is added to a DNA base without changing the underlying DNA sequence. In mammals, the best-known form is 5-methylcytosine (5mC), ...

DNA is composed of long chains that act as the blueprint for living organisms. In genetic engineering, scientists cut DNA at ...