News articles tagged with 'methylation' (Page 2)
Ovarian cancer clue: Methylation-mediated suppression of a key pathway is found
— 14 Dec 2010 19:27 | HealthOvarian cancer is the leading cause of death among gynaecological cancers. To better understand the disease and improve therapies, researchers are investigating how deregulation of…
New risk factor for developing breast cancer
— 11 Nov 2010 13:14 | HealthAn Australian research team from the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, the University of Melbourne and the University of Queensland has identified a new risk factor for developing breast…
DNA repair protein caught in act of molecular theft
— 11 Nov 2010 11:50 | HealthScientists have observed, for the first time, an intermediate stage in the chemical process that repairs DNA methylation damage and regulates many important biological functions that…
Honey bees: Genetic labelling decides about blue blood
— 3 Nov 2010 19:49 | BiologyIt is hard to believe that they belong to the same species: The large, long-lived queen bee is busy producing offspring throughout her lifetime. The much smaller worker bees, on the…
Study reveals cancer-linked epigenetic effects of smoking
— 11 Oct 2010 10:09 | HealthFor the first time, UK scientists have reported direct evidence that taking up smoking results in epigenetic changes associated with the development of cancer…
Air pollution alters immune function, worsens asthma symptoms
— 6 Oct 2010 04:59 | HealthExposure to dirty air is linked to decreased function of a gene that appears to increase the severity of asthma in children, according to a joint study by researchers at Stanford University…
TGen-Mayo Clinic study discovers role of DNA methylation in multiple myeloma blood cancer
— 1 Oct 2010 11:18 | HealthDNA methylation - a modification of DNA linked to gene regulation - is altered with increasing severity in a blood cancer called multiple myeloma, according to a study by Mayo Clinic…
Mechanism behind demethylation pinpointed in APC gene mutants
— 18 Sep 2010 08:40 | HealthColon cancer is the second most common cancer in the United States and causes more than 50,000 deaths each year. It has been known for some time that mutations in the APC gene occur…
Johns Hopkins scientists find genes related to body mass
— 16 Sep 2010 05:40 | HealthJohns Hopkins scientists who specialise in unconventional hunts for genetic information outside nuclear DNA sequences have bagged a weighty quarry - 13 genes linked to human body mass.…
Does the impact of psychological trauma cross generations?
— 9 Sep 2010 11:33 | HealthIn groups with high rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), such as the survivors of the Nazi Death Camps, the adjustment problems of their children, the so-called 'Second Generation,'…