Hacker News with Generative AI: Epigenetics

Adipose tissue retains an epigenetic memory of obesity after weight loss (nature.com)
Reducing body weight to improve metabolic health and related comorbidities is a primary goal in treating obesity1,2.
Obesity, Health, Epigenetics, Science, Medicine
263 points by paulpauper 12 days ago | 325 comments
Prolonged torpor in mice slows epigenetic changes that accompany aging (medicalxpress.com)
Aging, Epigenetics, Mice, Biology, Science
3 points by PaulHoule 31 days ago | 0 comments
Cannabis Use Linked to Epigenetic Changes, Scientists Find (sciencealert.com)
Using cannabis may cause changes in the human body's epigenome, a study of over 1,000 adults suggests. The epigenome functions like a set of switches, activating or deactivating genes to change how our bodies function.
Cannabis, Epigenetics, Science, Health
13 points by hilux 40 days ago | 4 comments
Epigenetic inheritance of diet-induced and sperm-borne mitochondrial RNAs (nature.com)
Apart from Mendelian inheritance, fathers use alternative routes for intergenerational information transfer. One of these is a complex, dynamic and environment-sensitive pool of sncRNAs that are stored in mature spermatozoa1, delivered to the oocytes at fertilization9, and influence embryonic development10,11 and adult phenotypes1,2,3,4,5,6,7,11.
Genetics, Biology, Science, Epigenetics, Reproduction
3 points by gradus_ad 119 days ago | 0 comments
Fat Cells Remember Obesity, Driving the Yo-Yo Effect (technologynetworks.com)
Researchers uncover how epigenetic memory in fat cells drives the yo-yo effect, making weight regain more likely.
Obesity, Health, Genetics, Epigenetics, Weight Loss
5 points by gmays 151 days ago | 1 comments
An epigenetic editor to silence genes (science.org)
Biotechnology, Genetics, Epigenetics
129 points by Teever 297 days ago | 16 comments
Cannabis use linked to epigenetic changes, study reveals (sciencealert.com)
Cannabis, Epigenetics, Health, Science, Research
61 points by XzetaU8 335 days ago | 97 comments
Epigenetic age oscillates during the day (wiley.com)
Epigenetics, Science, Health, Biology
85 points by kkoncevicius 371 days ago | 51 comments