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 ...

Epigenetic reprogramming holds promise for reversing aging, addressing cellular aging mechanisms and paving the way for ...

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.

Forensic science has always relied heavily on the power of DNA to solve crimes, establish identities, and uncover hidden ...

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 ...

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.

Digital twin technology is revolutionising many industries. Healthcare, where the adoption of digital twins presents an ...

Pregnancy an extraordinary process, and for some, it begins as a twin pregnancy that they may never even know. Research says ...

Optimal technology for epidemiologically-based epigenetic studies and longitudinal samples of 100 stringently characterised discordant MZ twins for exposure to psychosocial stress during adolescence ...