Epigenetics and the Social World: Why DNA Sequence May Still Have the Final Say
A new correspondence argues that epigenetics' tight dependence on DNA sequence may prevent it from ever becoming a true biosocial ...
Tag: epigenetics
Genes, Environment and the Epigenome: Why the Nature-Nurture Debate Refuses to Die
A published exchange in Epigenetics Communications sees researchers Chiapperino and Paneni defend a biosocial vision of epigenetics against claims that ...
Maternal Vitamin D May Shield the Fetal Brain from Gestational Diabetes Effects
A large prospective birth cohort study suggests that maternal vitamin D status in mid-pregnancy may modify the link between gestational ...
Epigenetics Is Not the Anti-Reductionist Savior Science Hoped For, Bioethicist Warns
A University of Montreal bioethicist argues that calls to make epigenetics a biosocial science rest on five flawed assumptions that ...
Epigenetic Enzymes Emerge as Promising Drug Targets for Endometriosis
A new review in Reproductive Sciences details how dysregulated histone deacetylases drive endometriosis and how existing and experimental HDAC inhibitors ...
Airborne Benzene Linked to Fatty Liver Disease Through Faster Biological Aging
A UK Biobank study of more than 400,000 adults finds that long-term low-level benzene exposure raises the risk of non-alcoholic ...
Enhancers That Free Stalled Polymerase Drive Tumor-Feeding Macrophages Across Cancers
A pan-cancer single-cell epigenetic study reveals that tumor-supportive macrophages arise through distinct enhancer-driven trajectories in which releasing paused RNA polymerase ...
Hidden RNA Codes: How Splicing and Non-Coding RNAs Help Plants Survive Stress
A new review synthesizes evidence that alternative splicing and long non-coding RNAs form an integrated RNA regulatory network that underpins ...
RNA Chemical Tag METTL3 Found Essential for Building the Newborn Uterus
A new study shows that the RNA-modifying enzyme METTL3 and its m6A marks are essential for the postnatal specification of ...
Virtue in the Middle: Epigenetics Scholars Reject Nature-Nurture Dichotomies
Epigenetics researchers Luca Chiapperino and Francesco Paneni argue that the field's future lies between reductionism and holism, rejecting both nature-nurture ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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