Latest Epigenome Stories

Concentrated lunasin supplement honored as industry first in nutritional epigenetics Chesterfield, MO (PRWEB) May 09, 2013 Reliv International, Inc.’s newest product, LunaRich X™, today was named a finalist in the New Product or Service of the Year – Consumer Products category in the 2013 American Business Awards, also known as the Stevie® Awards. The American Business Awards are the nation’s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are...

ExecRank lists Hastings ninth among more than 5,000 CSOs in the United States. CHESTERFIELD, MO (PRWEB) April 04, 2013 Reliv International (NASDAQ: RELV) today announced that ExecRank executive ranking service has named Reliv’s Dr. Carl Hastings number nine on their Top Chief Scientific Officers Ranking list for 2012. Hastings joins a top ten of the nation’s leading CSOs, many of them from Fortune 100 companies. According to ExecRank, there are over 5,000 Chief Scientific Officers...

At the 28th Annual EAU Congress currently ongoing in Milan until Tuesday, W. Tan and colleagues presented their study on neoadjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy which showed that epigenetic changes are potential key drivers in the development of chemo resistance in bladder cancer. Neoadjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy is recommended for patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer. Cisplatin-based regimes have similar efficacy with complete response in 30% a survival advantage if 16%...

Zymo Research, The Epigenetics Company, is changing the way we look at the human genome for markers of disease. With a newly expanded range of epigenetic services, Zymo Research helps scientists identify epigenetic alterations that could prove vital for disease diagnosis, prognosis, and the prediction of response to therapies. Irvine, CA (PRWEB) March 07, 2013 Zymo Research Corporation, a privately held company located in Irvine, California, has recently expanded its range of tools and...

Salk epigenetic findings may aid in crop production Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have identified patterns of epigenomic diversity that not only allow plants to adapt to various environments, but could also benefit crop production and the study of human diseases. Published March 6 in Nature, the findings show that in addition to genetic diversity found in plants throughout the world, their epigenomic makeup is as varied as the environments in which they are...

Epigenetic investigation of mice can as a result contribute to early diagnosis of cancer in humans Tumourigenesis is driven by genetic alterations and by changes in the epigenome, for instance by the addition of methyl groups to cytosine bases in the DNA. A deeper understanding of the interaction between the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms is critical for the selection of tumor biomarkers and for the future development of therapies. Human tumor specimens and cell lines however contain a...

Degree of abnormal DNA methylation predicts outcomes Think of the epigenome like a giant musical mixing board, turning up or down the expression of various genes. A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published today in the journal PLOS Genetics shows that in cancer, not only can genes themselves go bad, but abnormal changes in the epigenetic mixing board can unfortunately change the expression of these genes. Researchers hope to play the role of sound engineers, controlling these...

Salk Institute Salk findings may help explain connections between dietary schedules and chronic disease When it's dark, and we start to fall asleep, most of us think we're tired because our bodies need rest. Yet circadian rhythms affect our bodies not just on a global scale, but at the level of individual organs, and even genes. Now, scientists at the Salk Institute have determined the specific genetic switches that sync liver activity to the circadian cycle. Their finding gives...

April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Hundreds of small regions of the genome that appear to be uniquely regulated in human neurons have been identified in a new study led by the University of Massachusetts. Humans are distinguished from other primates, such as monkeys and apes, by these regulatory differences. These features, which are neurons at the core of our cognitive abilities, may ultimately hold the key to our intellectual prowess. They might also be key to our...

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The sequencing of the human genome was once hailed by scientists to be the harbinger of medical miracles. Yet, deciphering our DNA brought us no closer to understanding -- much less finding effective preventive approaches for -- major chronic diseases. But new groundbreaking research is uncovering a higher level of complexity beyond genetic variation. Even better news: proper nutrition can produce positive changes at this higher level. A...