Anyone who has ever tried to get rid of a few extra kilos knows the frustration: the weight drops initially, only to be back ...

Obesity creates lasting epigenetic changes in fat cells, making weight regain easier. Early prevention is key, as these ...

In this new science of "epigenetics," researchers are exploring how nature and nurture combine to cause behavior, traits, and illnesses that genes alone can't explain, ranging from sexual ...

A question of discipline? No, there are probably also physiological reasons. Ferdinand von Meyenn is Assistant Professor of ...

Weight loss often feels like a battle against biology itself. While initial success can be encouraging, the pounds frequently creep back—a phenomenon called the yo-yo effect. Recent research from ETH ...

This work can explain why many people who lose weight may fail to maintain that loss over long periods of time... | Genetics ...

Epigenetics is the study of molecular processes that influence the flow of information between a constant DNA sequence and variable gene expression patterns. This includes investigation of nuclear ...

Mahua Choudhury, PhD, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences in the Texas A&M Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy, is leading several projects focused on the early detection and reversal ...

Previous research has also noted a loss of identity of fat cells in obese mice. This "cellular identity crisis" may be what ...

Researchers have discovered a mechanism behind the yo-yo effect: fat cells have a memory that is based on epigenetics.

We are multidisciplinary lab that combines computational biology, machine learning, AI and molecular biology to decode the contribution of epigenetics (DNA methylation and histone modifications), ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich have now been able to show that this is all down to epigenetics. Epigenetics is the part of genetics that’s based not on the sequence of genetic building blocks but on small ...