News Source: Sify News
| about 1 month ago
Scientists at the Salk Institute have released the first study that maps a human epigenome, showing how the genome is regulated in developed cells. The study is the first high-resolution map of an epigenome on a human genome and the first paper...
News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| about 1 month ago
The year-long project by an international team led by US-based Australian scientist Dr Ryan Lister identified 50 million cytosine methylation sites that act as chemical switches to turn human genes on and off, potentially affecting every function of...
News Source: News 24
| about 1 month ago
Scientists have unveiled the first detailed map of the epigenome, the network of chemical switches that regulates activation of human genes, according to a study to be published on Thursday. The decoding of the human genome nearly a decade ago laid...
News Source: The Guardian
| about 1 month ago
The genome project identified about 25,000 genes that are needed to make a healthy human being, but said nothing about how they combine to produce everything from hearts and minds to legs and livers. Now researchers in California have published what...