Sentences with phrase «new field of epigenetics»

That explanation came later, with the burgeoning new field of epigenetics — the study of how the external environment can alter our genes throughout life, and even be passed on to future generations.

Szyf found himself swept up to the forefront of the hot new field of epigenetics and never looked back.

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In my opinion The Microbiome Effect is a seminal publication in the new field of microbiome and epigenetics.

Cancer epigenetics is a relatively new field of cancer research that has raised tremendous attention within recent years.

While these advances laid the groundwork for understanding the «ins and outs» of the epigenome, the emergence of the new fields of toxicoepigenetics and environmental epigenetics has provided the opportunity to enhance our understanding of how chemical and non-chemical environments impact health and susceptibility.

That question turned out to be the basis of a new field, behavioral epigenetics, now so vibrant it has spawned dozens of studies and suggested profound new treatments to heal the brain.

In a review article published April 5 in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientist Andrew Feinberg, M.D., calls for more integration between two fields of DNA - based research: genetics and epigenetics.

As the field has changed, though, so too has the scope of the journal, which now encompasses new areas, such as genomics, epigenetics, and computational genetics, while continuing to cover traditional subjects like transcriptional regulation, population genetics, and chromosome biology.

Panne's research addresses an area of controversy that permeates the field of epigenetics and erupted publicly after a 2016 New Yorker article on the topic.

Our breakthroughs and discoveries in the field of epigenetics have led the way to a greater understanding of the underlying causes of cancer and new methods of prevention, detection, and treatment.

Identical twins, known to science as «monozygotic», may share more than identical looks and genes, according to new research in the field of epigenetics.

Throughout the 2000s, Wistar scientists made seminal discoveries in the field of epigenetics and RNA transcription, contributing new knowledge on the role of histone modifications in gene regulation and DNA repair and how different RNA species, including microRNAs (miRNA) and long noncoding RNAs (lncRNA), are generated and how they regulate gene transcription.

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