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Epigenetics and epidemiology -- hip, hype and science

Epigenetics is the new hip science. Time Magazine's front cover and article, 'Why your DNA isn't your Destiny' from January 2010 explains why. Its more explicit subtitle provided the hook - 'The new science of epigenetics ...

Genetics created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gene regulator in brain's executive hub tracked across lifespan

For the first time, scientists have tracked the activity, across the lifespan, of an environmentally responsive regulatory mechanism that turns genes on and off in the brain's executive hub. Among key findings ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Lab-made tissue picks up the slack of Petri dishes in cancer research

New research demonstrates that previous models used to examine cancer may not be complex enough to accurately mimic the true cancer environment. Using oral cancer cells in a three-dimensional model of lab-made tissue that ...

Cancer created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0