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Epigenetics

cells that remember their identity
08.10.2020

Cancer cells turn out to have memories. But these are unreliable and can end up causing trouble

Sneaky RNA Tag Rendered Visible
05.08.2019

Understanding exactly where this tag attaches will reveal new aspects of how our genes are regulated

Schraga Schwartz and group
20.11.2017

Dr. Schraga Schwartz and his group are revealing in unprecedented detail a mechanism for controlling gene activity

Prof. Moshe Oren
31.07.2017

An Institute study finds a whole new role for one of the most famous proteins in cancer research

which came first
25.02.2016

In evolution, both chicken and egg may come first

Epigenetics: Environmental effects influence how genes are turned on or off
11.08.2014

Epigenetics has a large say in blood formation

(l-r) Dr. Zohar Mukamel, Zohar Shipony and Prof. Amos Tanay
21.07.2014

As the body’s cell divide and age, mistakes can pile up in the genome's "tags"

(l-r) Amir Bar, Dr. Amos Tanay, Netta Mendelson-Cohen, Prof. Varda Rotter, Dr. Zohar Mukamel, Naomi Goldfinger, Gilad Landan and Dr. Alina Molchadsky
10.02.2013

Surprising changes in certain genomic markers may help explain how cells can turn cancerous as they age and divide

Inherited expression levels of the resistance gene (green) and the native gene (red), shown in the stomachs of unchallenged larva (left), challenged larva (center) and unchallenged larval offspring of challenged larvae, eight generations later (right)
01.08.2012

Can a genetic response to a short-term threat be inherited over the long term?