Two female scientists in lab coats and safety glasses are studying epigenetics. One uses a dropper to add a chemical to a test tube held by the other. In the background are a DNA double helix, histones and chromatin structure, and environmental factors that affect the epigenome.

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Epigenetics and Heritable Control of Gene Expression

The epigenome regulates nearly every process in the human body. By studying epigenetics, scientists have revealed some secrets to aging, cancer, and complex diseases.

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Gene Silencing with RNA Interference

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The Promise of RNAi Therapeutics for Cardiovascular Disease Treatment

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What’s the Difference Between Gene Knockdown and Gene Knockout?

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X Chromosome Silenced in Some Cancers in Males

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Protein Size Matters

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Infographic: How Some X-Chromosome Genes Escape Inactivation

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Genes that Escape Silencing on the Second X Chromosome May Drive Disease

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Oded Rechavi Studies the RNA Nematodes Pass to Their Offspring

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Prominent Epigeneticist Dies

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Methylation Maestro

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Hidden Menace

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Hide and Seek

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One Gene, Two Mutations

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Gene Silencing Is Golden

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Dynamic Delivery

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Delivering Silence

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Unsilencing a Gene

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