Short-chain fatty acids influence gene regulation and chromatin accessibility, highlighting their role in colorectal cancer ...

In a groundbreaking study led by Dr. Ying Chen and her team from Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of ...

A typical human pregnancy lasts 40 weeks, but most parents know this number is only a rough estimate. Babies are born on a ...

Children born in spring or summer with a specific gene variant may have a higher risk of celiac disease and lower levels of a key protein, according to a study, potentially helping future research on ...

Replication-dependent histone mRNAs, which encode the most abundant histone proteins, are the only known cellular mRNAs that are not polyadenylated. Instead they end in a conserved stem–loop ...

Scientists have discovered a molecular timer in mice that governs pregnancy length, offering new insights into preterm birth ...

This is a useful study that seeks to address the role of the TET family of DNA demethylation enzymes in pancreatic beta cell senescence in the context of type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Although the concepts ...

Dopamine, serotonin, and histamine carry messages between neurons. They can also influence circadian gene expression ...

Funding: Primary funding for the study was by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Preterm Birth Initiative (1019789), the National Institutes of Health (R01AI150191, R01AI143187, F31HD106714), and the UCSF ...

Researchers studied mice on a fibre-rich diet and found that gut bacteria influence gene regulation through short-chain fatty ...

Researchers uncover a link between genetic mutations and epigenetic changes, two major contributors to aging. Their findings ...