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#Epigenetics

Blog / Ready for this (royal) jelly: A personal report of succumbing to epigenetic hype

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019 / Brandon Le /

How hard is it to remodel your epigenome? Here’s a report of my attempt to do so using inspiration from honey bees.

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Blog / What Determines Our Complexity?

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019 / Rachel Cherney / 1

What makes humans more complex than plants or bacteria? Surprisingly, it’s not how much DNA we have, but rather how much of our DNA doesn’t encode for protein – known as the non-coding genome.

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Blog / The Science of Survivorship

October 26, 2018November 5, 2018 / Rashmi Kumar /

As a cancer researcher, I often wonder about patients after their ordeal with cancer. How does the body change after facing a life-threatening illness? Do cells in our body hold…

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Blog / Get Alternative with Epigenetics

December 11, 2017 / Emma Hinkle / 1

Our bodies are marvels of precise control, synchronization and design. Every one of our cells has the same genetic sequence, but we have many different types of cells – heart,…

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