Epigenetics: the study of heritable changes in gene function that do not involve changes in the DNA sequence. Epigenetics often refers to changes in a chromosome that affect gene activity and expression, but can also be used to describe any heritable phenotypic change that does not derive from a modification of the genome, such as prions. Such effects on cellular and physiological phenotypic traits may result from external or environmental factors, or be part of normal developmental program. The standard definition of epigenetics requires these alterations to be heritable, either in the progeny of cells or of organisms.
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Similar to the “histone code” hypothesis in which epigenetic marks on histone tails expand the information potential of the genetic code, different tubulin isoforms, combined wit...
Background: Despite the immunogenicity and safety profile of dendritic cell (DC) vaccines, the importance of vaccine-induced antigen-specific T cell responses is unclear across clinical tria...
In the past years, next-generation sequencing has revolutionized the way testing is done in the field of clinical oncology research. Parallel testing of genomic markers in tissue biopsies as...
In the past years, next-generation sequencing has revolutionized the way testing is done in the field of clinical oncology research. Parallel testing of genomic markers in tissue biopsies as...
My laboratory at the Garvan Institute operates an ISO 15189 and NATA accredited laboratory for testing of patients using whole genome and whole exome sequencing, as well as gene panel testin...