Sentences with phrase «since epigenetics research»

Since epigenetics research can be applied to almost any aspect of toxicology, the organizers hope that toxicologists from all backgrounds will find the meeting informative.

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Changes in DNA methylation in brain cells has been an extremely active research area since these epigenetic changes were shown to alter the expression of genes needed to form and maintain long - term memories.

Since HIV infection itself alters epigenetic processes in the immune system, the research team wondered whether a distinct DNA methylation profile, a major epigenetic modification where methyl groups are added to DNA, occurs in those with HIV associated - cognitive impairment and whether it exists in distinct immune cell populations from the blood.

Since IGF2R is imprinted (i.e. one copy of the gene silenced by DNA methylation), this finding thrusted me into the rapidly growing research field of epigenetics.