In fact, these types of changes may be more common in human cancer than DNA sequence mutations (Figure 2). Because so many diseases, such as cancer, involve epigenetic changes, it seems reasonable ...

Aside from concerns about the side effects of drugs designed to alter epigenetic mechanisms, methylation patterns have emerged as useful biomarkers of cancer risk and prognosis. Steven Belinsky ...

have shown that chronological age in mammals correlates with epigenetic changes that accumulate ... Elk treponeme-associated hoof disease, previously thought to be limited to deformations in elks ...

One mechanism proposed to mediate both long and short term changes in neurons is epigenetics. Cells use epigenetics to modify and regulate their genome without altering the underlying DNA sequence.

Scientists have discovered more about the mysterious role of epigenetics, the study of how genes change, in controlling the way cancers develop. Often called "dark matter", it could alter the way ...

Epigenetic changes from obesity persist after weight loss, altering fat cell function and increasing the risk of weight ...