Melt Away the Stress with miR-34October 12, 2011Every day there’s so much to stress about: Will your next big experiment be a success? Can you get your grant application in on time? How can Lady Gaga possibly outdo her last awards show outfit? Apparently, mice have stressful lives, too, and a recent study suggests that a particular miRNA, miR-34, might help them […]
Born to Lose: Histone Mods Tag Stem Cells for DNA Methylation of miRNA Loci in CancerOctober 12, 2011It’s usually not hard to spot when things seem like they’re destined for failure. Like you ne’er do well cousin, or an American car from the 80’s. Other times, closer examination is required to find the seeds of a problem. That’s what it took for scientists to uncover how some harmless embryonic stem cells (ESCs) […]
Baby Epigenomes Thank You For Not SmokingOctober 10, 2011It’s no secret that smoking is bad, now new evidence shows that smoking during pregnancy could be very dangerous for a fetus. In a recent report, Baylor College of Medicine researchers found that moms who light up are also altering their babies’ epigenomes and transcriptomes. In some previous work, the scientists had only looked at […]
EpiGenie Review: Epigenetic Cancer Therapies and DiagnosticsOctober 10, 2011Nearly everyone has been affected by cancer in some way or another. That’s why we’re so stoked to see all of the amazing breakthroughs in cancer knowledge coming from epigenetic research these days. Will it lead to treatments or cures anytime soon? Who knows, but it sure seems like we’re on the right track. Just […]
Zymo OneStep qMethyl™ Arrays Fill Your Plate with DNA Methylation Screens.September 29, 2011OneStep qMethyl™ Kits enable easy, bisulfite-free DNA methylation analysis of a particular locus by combining Methylation Sensitive Restriction Enzyme digestion and real-time quantitative PCR into one step. Now the methylation masters at Zymo Research have added even more flavor to the qMethyl™ entrée with the launch of OneStep qMethyl™ Arrays, pre-designed assays for select targets served […]
