How an RNA Gene Silences a Whole Chromosome
Researchers at Caltech have discovered how an abundant class of RNA genes, called long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs, pronounced link RNAs) can regulate key genes. By studying an important lncRNA, called…
News
The Rumors Were True: Scientists edited the genomes of human embryos for the first time
Excerpt: “In March, a rumor surfaced in the scientific community that was intriguing, and perhaps a bit chilling: According to those in the know, researchers in China had successfully edited…
Resistance to Antibiotics Found in Isolated Amazonian Tribe
When scientists first made contact with an isolated village of Yanomami hunter-gatherers in the remote mountains of the Amazon jungle of Venezuela in 2009, they marveled at the chance to…
How The Wolf Became The Dog
Scientists who study canine origins seem to fight about everything: where dogs arose, when this happened, and even the best way to find these answers. But there’s one thing most…
Chimps That Hunt Offer a New View on Evolution
Studies of hunters and gatherers — and of chimpanzees, which are often used as stand-ins for human ancestors — have cast bigger, faster and more powerful males in the hunter…
2015 | Hannah Landecker & Aaron Panofsky – Commentaries and Reflections on "Inheritance of Acquired Epigenetic Variations"
A special section of commentaries and reflections on epigenetic inheritance has been published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, centered on the reprint of the 1989 article “Inheritance of Acquired…