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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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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Epigenetics May Remember Ancestors’ Mutations

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Infographic: How Epigenetic Marks Can Change the Genome

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Do Epigenetic Changes Influence Evolution?

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Infographic: Questions Linger About Epigenetic Inheritance

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Does Human Epigenetic Inheritance Deserve a Closer Look?

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Mitochondrial Stress Is Passed Between Generations

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Bianca Jones Marlin Traces How Sensory Inputs Shape the Brain

The Epigenetic Origins of Allergy and Asthma

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Oded Rechavi Studies the RNA Nematodes Pass to Their Offspring

How Worms Avoid Eating Bad Bacteria and Warn Their Offspring Too

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Worm Parents Pass on Behaviors Epigenetically to Offspring

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Mice Inherit Cancer Susceptibility Via Epigenetic Changes in Sperm

Could Grandpa’s Early Diet Affect Your Health?

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Classic Mechanism of Epigenetic Inheritance Is Rare, Not the Rule

Effects of Antidepressants Span Three Generations in Fish

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How Exercise Reprograms the Brain

Nicotine’s Effects Passed On Through Generations of Mice

Another Bird Telomere Study, Different Results

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Maternal Iron Deficiency Can Trigger Sex Reversal in Mouse Embryos

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Penguins Are Among the World’s Slowest-Evolving Birds: Study

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Why Do Some Runners Get Sick After a Marathon?

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Rare Disease Research Gets a Boost from Automated NGS Solutions

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Best Practices for Freezing Cell Cultures

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June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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