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Gender and age differences found in gene expression related to circadian clock

Medical Xpress

A trio of bioengineering scientists at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne has found age and gender differences in gene expression related to the circadian clock. For their paper published in the journal Science, Lorenzo Talamanca, Cédric Gobet and Felix Naef analyzed data obtained for the Genotype-Tissue Expression project.

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Nutrigenomics: The Future of Personalized Nutrition

Roots Analysis

At present, extensive studies are being conducted to understand the interaction between nutrients and gene expression at the molecular level, to determine the effect of a specific nutrient and dietary regime on human health. It is worth mentioning that more than 50 genes in a human body are associated with obesity.

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Why a recent advancement is a giant leap for human genomics

Drug Discovery World

In turn, this will aid our understanding of the cells capacity to silence harmful DNA elements or prevent inappropriate gene expression. The new LRS technologies allow accurate sequencing of repetitive DNA associated with heterochromatin and will improve our understanding of how heterochromatin formation is organised in the cells.

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