While genes in ones DNA act as an instruction manual for the body, environmental factors, such as tobacco smoke, can affect ...

A recent study published in the journal Environment International found that second-hand or passive exposure to cigarette ...

The findings, published in the journal International, highlighted why children's exposure to second-hand smoke needs to be ...

The findings, published in the journal Environment International, highlighted why children’s exposure to second-hand smoke ...

Researchers developed an epigenetic editing approach to silence the PCSK9 gene, achieving long-term cholesterol reduction ...

As many as 40% of Americans are obese, putting them at an increased risk for high blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, heart ...

Children exposed to second-hand smoke at home are more likely to show certain changes in the epigenome, which can alter the ...

This is an important and solid study that examines the role of TFAM, a protein that helps maintain mtDNA, in mtDNA mutator mice. The authors have demonstrated that TFAM's counteractive role in mtDNA ...

ExpressionEdits announced a collaboration and licensing agreement with Boehringer Ingelheim. Under the agreement, Boehringer will leverage ExpressionEdits' Genetic Syntax Engine, a proprietary ...

There are many molecules with therapeutic potential, but it can be a challenge to deliver them to the right places at the ...

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a new synthetic approach that turbocharges bacteria into producing ...

A new study has discovered in mouse models that genes associated with repairing mismatched DNA are critical in eliciting damages to neurons that are most vulnerable in Huntington's disease and ...