Tag: Epigenetics
In fish, parents’ stressful experiences influence offspring behavior via epigenetic changes
Jennifer Hellmann, University of Dayton
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Stop calling it a choice: Biological factors drive homosexuality
Bill Sullivan, Indiana University
Across cultures, 2% to 10% of people report having same-sex relations. In the U.S., 1% to 2.2% of women and men,...
Sure, cancer mutates, but it has other ways to resist treatment
Fabian V. Filipp, University of California, Merced
Because of advances in drug design and precision medicine, researchers have been able to target certain molecules within...
Can the study of epigenomics lead to personalized cancer treatment?
Fabian V. Filipp, University of California, Merced
Molecular insight into our own DNA is now possible, a field called personal genomics. Such approaches...
Mom’s prenatal hardship turns baby’s genes on and off
By Suzanne King, McGill University
In January 1998 five days of freezing rain collapsed the electrical grid of the Canadian province of Québec. The storm...
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In Alaska, everyone’s grappling with climate change
Nancy Fresco, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Coastal villages are washing into the Bering Sea, trees are sprouting in the tundra and shipping lanes are opening...
