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1 min read 2021-11-22 15:02:45

Automated Chromatin Profiling Platforms Autopilot Patients to the Clinic

From human-free supermarket check-outs to autopiloted cars, the modern world is rapidly moving towards automation. In the most recent advance, a

1 min read 2021-11-05 13:53:08

Our day-to-day experiences provide a clear understanding of cause-and-effect; a lab mate’s birthday means cake for lunch, and cake for lunch means

1 min read 2021-10-30 15:11:35

It’s easy to get lost when motoring down the epigenetic landscape; thankfully, a group of cunning cartographers from the Brain Research through

1 min read 2021-10-18 14:42:38

While juices and shakes may be nothing but a fitness fad for those looking to get into serious shape, liquid-liquid biomolecular condensation has

1 min read 2021-10-12 10:34:07

It turns out that the “burn after reading” strategy doesn’t just apply to the secret messages (and not-so-secret memoirs) of CIA analysts, it

1 min read 2021-10-05 13:38:57

While research into the transgenerational epigenetic inheritance went viral long ago, a new “social media” platform powered by horizontal

1 min read 2021-09-27 16:19:55

Are your single-cell chromosome conformation capture experiments looking a little flat? Is your Hi-C data missing that “pop”? Well, don´t fret;

1 min read 2021-09-07 13:50:20

Hello heterochromatin, my old friend; CRISPR has come to edit you again; And echo in the sound of silence. As reported in a resounding new study,

1 min read 2021-08-24 03:00:51

Although we’ve known for a while that paternal stress can lead to problems down the road for their offspring thanks to DNA methylation and histone

1 min read 2021-08-23 20:41:13

While supersizing meals has helped to expand the waistlines of many a human “couch potato,” a seriously sumptuous new study has established that

1 min read 2021-08-02 01:35:09

Ever wonder what that pack of hyenas is laughing about? Well, it may just be your social status. But don’t stress over it too much, because

1 min read 2021-07-27 23:50:40

Although receiving a selfie from beyond the grave might sound disturbing, posthumous snapshots from dying cells in the form of the cell-free DNA

1 min read 2021-07-26 18:55:40

A recent viral study revealed that SARS-CoV-2 infection alters chromatin accessibility in our all-important immune cells to facilitate immune memory

1 min read 2021-07-23 19:00:00

There’s nothing tongue in cheek when it comes to the consideration of buccal cell heterogeneity in sample collections methods. Although buccal

1 min read 2021-07-18 09:51:15

Move over Oliver Twist, there’s a new orphan in town to satisfy our hunger for stories of DNA methylation. Two new tales of orphan CpGs help them