Genes are not set in stone. Epigenetics examines how your environment and habits determine which genes are turned on or off, showing that your child’s future is shaped by more than DNA alone. In ...

The visible effects of ageing on our body are in part linked to invisible changes in gene activity. The epigenetic process of DNA methylation — the addition or removal of tags called methyl groups — ...

The trillions of microbes that live in the human gut may play a bigger role in health than previously thought, according to a new research by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The article, published ...