The largest twin study on epigenetic profiles yet reveals the extent to which lifestyle and age can impact gene expression, an international research team reports in this week's PNAS. Senior author ...

For twins as close as the Mitchells, living in sync seems to come naturally. Photograph by Jodi Cobb Feinberg's study focuses on a particular epigenetic process called DNA methylation, which is ...

These can be things like nutrition, temperature, exposures to toxins, and position in the womb, and they can cause small differences in twins both before or after birth. Epigenetics don't change ...

Dr Divya Tej Sowpati's journey in epigenetics began after he completed his Masters in Zoology. Artificial Intelligence brings unprecedented clarity ...

Epigenetic silencing is one way to turn genes off, and it can contribute to differential expression. Silencing might also explain, in part, why genetic twins are not phenotypically identical.

One twin may have a particular medical condition, while the other does not. Here again, epigenetic influences and developmental factors in the mother’s womb may influence one twin but not the other.

Molecular biologist Arturas Petronis and his colleagues at the Center for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, Canada compared DNA methylation patterns from epithelial cells inside the mouths of 39 ...

A 30-year twin study finds that moderate physical activity reduces mortality, but higher levels offer no extra benefit — and ...

Epigenetic analyses of weight-discordant MZ twin pairs represent a powerful tool to identify effects of acquired obesity that are independent of underlying genetic differences. 12 In addition to ...