Non-coding RNAs Reveal How Stress Can Be InheritedMay 7, 2014Stress hits every one of us, like when the Heartbleed virus makes you have to go back and reset all of your online passwords. Recent evidence has already linked the DNA methylation and histone alterations left behind by stressful events to transgenerational epigenetic inheritance, but now, scientists from the Brain Research Institute in Switzerland have observed […]
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Going ChIP-less Yields More Insights on Histone Code CombosApril 29, 2014When it comes to studying chromatin structure and histone modifications, a new technique proves that sometime less really is more, ChIP-less that is. Antibodies for individual histone post-translational modifications (PTMs) have long been the star of chromatin technology, but PTMs often act in concert to form a dynamic histone code whose combinations can interfere with antibodies attempting to bind […]
Ancient History as Told by DNA MethylationApril 23, 2014To some people ancient history is anything prior to Facebook, for others, it might mean pre-iPod, but this new study uses DNA methylation to look WAY back in time and analyze the beginnings of human evolution (And yes, that’s before the internet was invented). Using epigenomics to look back into pre-historic times has taught us […]
DNA Cubes May Take Genome Editing Outside the BoxApril 22, 2014Through the use of some creative chemistry researchers have devised DNA cubes that can deliver molecular packages with precision that would make FedEx jealous. A geometrically genius team from McGill University crafted a piece of DNA origami that will only release it’s molecular payload when triggered by a specific mRNA. Here’s how they did it: Cubes were […]