Blame Your Old Man: Age-Related Sperm Methylation Changes May Up Disease OddsJuly 24, 2014Delayed parenthood in developed countries means more old dads. Who cares you ask? You should, as this trend doesn’t just increase early morning traffic at Starbucks, it can also increase the incidence of autism, bipolar disorders, schizophrenia, some forms of cancer, or other disorders that accompany the offspring of older fathers. Way to go Dad; […]
Webinar – Bringing ChIP Seq Data into Focus: Advanced Normalization StrategiesJuly 23, 2014If you’ve ever struggled to make sense of your ChIP Seq data, then check out this webinar presented by our colleagues at Active Motif, to get some ideas on how to bring some order to the chaos of ChIP-seq. Presented by Brian Egan, Ph.D, Epigenetic Services Manager at Active Motif Normalization of ChIP-seq Data Today, […]
Cutting Edge HIV Therapy with Zinc-Finger NucleasesJuly 23, 2014Although HIV can nowadays be successfully managed with a cocktail of antiretroviral drugs that inhibit replication, the virus remains latent in the genome of infected individuals waiting to come out full throttle whenever it is given the chance. Therefore the hunt is still on for a strategy to give HIV infected cells the final blow. […]
Accelerating Histone Modification DecryptionJuly 23, 2014Unlike some reality show marriages that crack under the media spotlight, the union of automation and big data is still going strong, especially when it comes to cataloging histone post-translational modifications (PTM). Researchers from Princeton University show off a new systematic approach for figuring out just what all those histone PTM combinations are up to […]
Are Human Cord Blood iPSCs the Next Top Model?July 23, 2014It’s hard for most of us to imagine what life would be like without speaking, walking, breathing, and swallowing, but individuals suffering from motor neuron disease don’t have to imagine this scenario. Motor neuron diseases, like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (Lou Gehrig’s disease) and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), strip thousands of people every year of […]
