Previous studies have established that people with obesity have different methylation profiles in their tissues versus lean people. Obesity among pregnant women has been a
Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is the second leading cause of acquired sensorineural hearing loss after aging. Affecting around 40 million American adults aged 20-69, hearing
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Previous studies looked at epigenetic mechanisms about macrophages and causes of immuno-metabolic diseases, like atherosclerosis and type 2 diabetes. GPS2, a part of a fundamental
Neuroblastomas, found in the adrenal glands, are cancers that start in early nerve cells (called neuroblasts). Children aged five or younger are most commonly affected.
Human evolution is at work in the Andes mountains. People have evolved genetic adaptations to survive high altitude living. A recent study has highlighted chemical
There are challenges when annotating the molecular basis of human disease, particularly because 93% of disease loci (the specific, fixed physical location on a chromosome
DNA methylation is affected by age and environmental exposures. Abnormal DNA methylation is a sign of colorectal cancer. In a comparison between black and white
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV), a highly contagious swine coronavirus, first emerged in America in 2013. The outbreak caused high death rates in the pork
Hereditary transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis (hATTR) is a rare, life-threatening disorder caused by amyloidogenic coding mutations located in the TTR gene. To date, more than 130
