A new study suggests that a common pesticide, picloram, may contribute to growing rates of early onset colorectal cancer, asides from known risk factors such as smoking and diet.

Investigators from VHIO, which is part of the Vall Hebron Campus, publish the first study to address the impact of the exposome on early-onset colorectal cancer through epigenetic signatures. The ...

Cannabis use may leave lasting fingerprints on the human body, a study of over 1,000 adults published in 2023 suggests – not in our DNA code itself, but in how that code is expressed. US researchers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marijuana And Joint On Wooden Surface Using cannabis may cause changes in the human body's epigenome, a study of over 1,000 adults ...

A large international study has found that exclusive breastfeeding for at least three months leaves detectable epigenetic marks on children's genes years later. The research, involving over 3,400 ...

Cancer drugs are designed to shut tumors down. But sometimes, in the very act of attacking a tumor, treatment can also help a small fraction of cancer cells become harder to kill. A new study from ...

Grandchildren of mice fed artificial sweeteners showed altered glucose tolerance and shifts in gut microbiome composition - ...

DNA methylation at birth and gut microbiome colonization in the first year of life may influence the development of neurodevelopmental conditions, like ADHD and autism.

The gut microbiome and epigenetics—molecular switches that turn genes on or off—are intertwined, and both contribute to ...

A person's lifetime risk for cancer may begin before they are even born, reports a paradigm-shifting study by Van Andel Institute scientists. The findings, published in Nature Cancer, identified two ...