Written by Isobel Young, Science Writer Throughout the course of the pandemic, PCR testing has been used to identify the […]
A new study, published yesterday in Nature Communications, has found that the DNA methylation of cells collected during cervical smear […]
By carrying out a genome-wide association study, researchers have uncovered novel mechanisms linking DNA methylation and disease. Their findings greatly […]
A new study, published in JAMA Cardiology, has identified DNA methylation sites associated with heart disease. Most importantly, the study […]
A recent study has discovered differentially methylated genomic regions harbouring 4 loci associated with risk of multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis […]
Researchers have explored how methylation patterns have a protein-independent regulatory role that increases the stiffness of DNA, which ultimately impacts […]
Written by Lauren Robertson, Science Writer. Researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have reported successful results from a cell-free […]
Written by Bethany Hoernfeldt, Science Writer Researchers at St. Jude Children’s Hospital have discovered the first causal link between “jumping” […]
Researchers have created a novel immune-profiling method that can return detailed immune cell type proportions by using only DNA from […]
Researchers have shown that fluctuating DNA methylation sites can be used as ‘clocks’ to trace the lineage of a cell. […]
