Metal exposure is pervasive and not limited to sporadic poisoning events or toxic waste
sites. Hundreds of millions of people around the globe are affected by chronic metal …

Light has become established as a tool not only to visualize and investigate but also to steer
biological systems. This review starts by discussing the unique features that make light such …

Although subtelomeric regions in humans are heterochromatic, the epigenetic nature of
human telomeres remains controversial. This controversy might have been influenced by the …

Epigenetics classically refers to the inheritable changes of hereditary information without
perturbing DNA sequences. Understanding mechanisms of how epigenetic factors …

Enzymes involved in epigenetic processes such as methyltransferases or demethylases are
becoming highly utilized for their persistent DNA or histone modifying efficacy. Herein, we …

Objective: A review of photobiomodulation (PBM) in Alzheimer's dementia is submitted. The
addition of PBM in neurodegenerative diseases is a dual modality that is at present gaining …

The field of optogenetics uses genetically encoded, lightresponsive proteins to control
physiological processes. This technology has been hailed as the one of the ten big ideas in …

After the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, the field of genetics has
witnessed massive progress that spanned research in high-altitude biology also. Especially …

On-cue regulation of gene transcription is an invaluable tool for the study of biological
processes and the development and integration of next-generation therapeutics. Ideal …

The telomere is located at the end of the chromosome and consists of a non-coding,
repetitive DNA sequence. As the cell divides, the length of telomere gradually decreases. A …