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Autism spectrum disorder: if not vaccines, then what?

February 24, 2017 ASD, Asperger Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorder, brain growth, epigenetics, Global Burden of Disease Study, vaccines and autism

New information gained from major scientific papers over the last two years has shed light on the causes and progression of autism spectrum disorder. Estimates

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Chromosome remodeler SETD2 also remodels the cytoskeleton in kidney cancer cells

August 30, 2016 Cancer, chromosome remodeler, cytoskeleton remodeler, epigenetics, kidney cancer, methyl tags, Research, SETD2

Kidney cancer begins when certain genes mutate and, as a result, alter how key molecules work. One of these key molecules is SETD2, which is

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Novel epigenetic signature for tumor suppressors in normal cells found

October 15, 2015 Cancer, epigenetics

By Glenna Vickers An epigenetic feature that may help identify novel cancer driver genes has been identified by researchers in the Dan L. Duncan Cancer

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Diet at conception could have long-lasting effects

June 15, 2015 Cancer, diet, epigenetics, Genetics, Nutrition, preconception, Prenatal

By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. What a mother eats around the time of conception can have a lifelong effect on how certain of her child’s genes