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Featured Genetics

·September 28, 2016·6 min read

Epigenetic Clock Predicts Life Expectancy

Researchers have developed an 'epigenetic clock' that calculates the biological age of a person from a blood sample and can estimate the person's life span.

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Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·September 20, 2016·4 min read

Potential Signature of Cognitive Function in HIV Patients Identified

Researchers have discovered a unique epigenetic footprint in specific immune cells that can identify people with HIV who have impaired cognitive function.

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Featured Psychology

·April 11, 2016·2 min read

How the Brain Adapts to Stress

Researchers reveal stressful events result in epigenetic modifications within immediate early genes in hippocampal neurons.

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Brain Cancer Featured Genetics

·January 28, 2016·6 min read

New Way to Identify Aggressiveness of Brain Tumor

Study suggests a new way of classifying gliomas that could impact patient management and develop more targeted therapies.

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Featured Genetics

·November 30, 2015·3 min read

Genetic Variants Associated with Schizophrenia Influence Gene Activity in Developing Brain

Researchers shed ligh on how DNA sequence variation influences gene activity in brain development.

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Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·June 24, 2015·6 min read

The Epigenetic Diversity of Neurons

According to a new study, researchers have successfully profiled key features of genetic materials inside three types of neurons.

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Featured Genetics Neurology

·December 22, 2014·4 min read

New Drug Helps Huntington’s Disease Afflicted Mice and Their Offspring

The offspring of mice treated with new drug showed delayed onset and reduced symptoms associated with Huntington's disease, researchers report.

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Brain Cancer Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·October 10, 2013·5 min read

The Cancer Genome Atlas Exposes More Secrets of Lethal Brain Tumor

Researchers delve deeply into the genomics of 599 GBM brain cancer cases to better target the disease.

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Featured Genetics

·September 18, 2013·5 min read

How Old Memories Fade Away

Researchers discover a gene essential for memory extinction. The finding could lead to new treatments for PTSD.

This graph shows the percentage of DNA methylation during different ages.

Featured Genetics

·July 5, 2013·6 min read

Unique Epigenomic Code Identified During Human Brain Development

A new study uncovers dynamic changes in the epigenome which occur during brain development.

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