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Texas Biomed scientists targeting factors involved in Hispanic childhood obesity
Dr. Melanie Carless and her collaborators will be studying an area of research called epigenetics – which describes changes to our DNA, RNA, or proteins that are affected by both the environment and genetic makeup and that regulate gene and protein expression. Her team will be examining a specific area of epigenetics, DNA methylation, which is capable of switching genes on and off.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/tbri-tbs112618.php