epigenetics

Epigenetics and ncRNA Headlines

Get all the latest highlights from the literature and special features covering trending epigenetics, ncRNA, and gene regulation research.

Search Articles

Improvements in DNAm-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening Has Community BEAMing

August 17, 2009

We know how important it is to get colorectal cancer screenings, but they rank up next to taxes on the fun factor. In fact, we’d much rather have our doc run our blood or fecal sample through the new methyl-BEAMing (Beads, Emulsion, Amplification and Magnetics) technology developed by the DNA gurus of Vogelstein et al. […]

Famine, Conception, and Methylation

August 13, 2009

Over the years many celebrities and well doers worldwide have drawn our attention to those in need of aid and nourishment. Whether you attended Harrison’s Concert for Bangladesh (not likely given the median age our audience), or remember singing along with Lionel Richie to the multi-platinum “We Are the World,” single (more likely) or maybe […]

RNA Pol II: The Hardest Working Polymerase in Epigenetics

August 13, 2009

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: new research shows RNA Pol II is a key player in an epigenetic mechanism. Lately, RNA Pol II seems to be in the headlines more than the Jonas Brothers, only with fewer screaming, teen fans. Recently we featured a paper suggesting that non-coding tiRNAs are formed through […]

Vidaza® and Entinostat Combo; A Potential Lung Cancer Therapy

August 6, 2009

Some things always seem better in combos: beer & pizza, SpongeBob & square pants… Soon, we may need to add Vidaza® & entinostat to that list. At the recent American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting, researchers from Johns Hopkins Medical Institute and the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute reported that the combination of Vidaza® (5-azacitidine) […]

Mir-143 Slacks Off, Leaving DNMT3A To Run Wild In Colorectal Cancer

August 6, 2009

We like to think of epigenetics in terms of distinct areas like chromatin, DNA methylation and non-coding RNA (heck, we’ve even divided up the EpiGenie website that way), but more and more evidence is blurring the lines and showing us how these overlap. A recent publication from researchers at The Chinese University of Hong Kong […]

True Biomarker: DNA Methylation Steps up in Non-Invasive Prenatal Dx

August 5, 2009

With the raging success of Twilight and True Blood, the masses of entertainment junkies out there have joined a well-established movement in the scientific community to make the most out of blood. There are a ton of potentially useful biomarkers floating around in our veins and the non-invasive sampling process has made blood a crowd […]

Clamping Down on Affinity Reagents

August 4, 2009

U of Chicago protein engineer Shohei Koide knows there’s biology beyond the genome. Adding a methyl group onto a histone here, or an acetyl group onto one there, can change the way genes are expressed. There’s gotta be a reliable way of finding those postranslational mods in the first place, though, right? That’s why he […]

DNA Repeats; More Than Just Broken Records

July 30, 2009

Roughly half of the human genome is made up of repetitive DNA sequences, and yet their repetitive nature has made their study as difficult to decipher as James Brown lyrics on a scratched record. Recent evidence shows chromatin regulation of DNA repeats playing a role in gene regulation, genome integrity and chromosome maintenance, so scientists […]

Patience is Key to RNA Pol II Relationship with Nucleosome

July 30, 2009

here’s been lots of buzz about nucleosomes and RNAs lately. In fact, just last week EpiGenie reported that transcription initiation RNAs (tiRNAs) might be formed as RNA Pol II hits a nucleosome and backtracks. Nucleosomal post-transcriptional mods can cause RNA Polymerase II to pause or abort, while others can kick transcription into high gear. But […]

One Small SNP for miRNA, One Major Impact on Gene Regulation

July 29, 2009

Not that we’re trying to downplay the magnitude of getting peeps on the moon, but when you consider the amount of gene regulation that can be packed into a confined miRNA-target interaction one small step for man seems kinda 40yr old hat. It’s no wonder that single base changes in miRNAs and/or their targets can […]

Pages: 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130

TAP

Epigenetics and ncRNA Headlines

Featured Articles

Search Articles