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Epigenetics
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Human body’s ageing ‘clock’ ticks faster after heat stress
Nature, Published online: 09 December 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04007-8 Preliminary study suggests possible link between long-term heat exposure and molecular…
The extraordinary ways species control their own evolutionary fate
Living in the desert is a challenge. But the Mojave desert woodrat has an ace to play: it…
Fat cells have a ‘memory’ of obesity — hinting at why it’s hard to keep weight off
Human fat cells (shown here in a coloured scanning electron microscopy image) carry a ‘memory’ of obesity, a…
Adipose tissue retains an epigenetic memory of obesity after weight loss
Data reporting No statistical methods were used to predetermine sample size. The experiments were not randomized, and the…
DNA stores data in bits after epigenetic upgrade
Chemical markers attached to pre-fabricated units of DNA can easily encode data. Credit: Nobeastsofierce/SPL DNA has been humanity’s…
Chromatin remodelling drives immune cell–fibroblast communication in heart failure
Badeaux, A. I. & Shi, Y. Emerging roles for chromatin as a signal integration and storage platform. Nat.…
Childhood leukaemia in Down’s syndrome primed by blood-cell bias
Nature, Published online: 25 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02785-9 An in-depth investigation of gene regulation and cell populations at sites…
A dad’s diet affects his sperm — and his sons’ health
A male mouse’s diet leaves a stamp on certain RNA molecules in his sperm.Credit: Pascal Goetgheluck/Science Photo Library…
Nuclei facing the tissue surface get fuel for development
Nature, Published online: 05 June 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01503-9 Using tissue from the developing fruit-fly wing, researchers show that a…
Epigenetic inheritance of diet-induced and sperm-borne mitochondrial RNAs
HFD–LFD experiment in mice (F0–F1) Animal housing, diet composition and breeding strategies C57BL/6N male and female mice were…