“Researchers from Sweden's Karolinska Institutet found that babies born with congenital TORCH infections were about three times more likely to later be diagnosed with autism compared with children who were not infected.” #isogg #epigenetics #DNA #TORCH #autism www.newsweek.com/scientists-t...

“The Lost Descendants of Thomas Jefferson” #NewYorker #ThomasJefferson #SallyHemings #DNA #genetics #mtDNA #autosomalDNA #ISOGG www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

“At the center of this challenge is a stress-regulating gene called FKBP5. In a healthy brain, FKBP5 produces a protein (FKBP51) that acts like a built-in brake, dialing back how neurons react to stress hormones such as cortisol.” #isogg #epigenetics www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/new...

“In lab-dish-cultured brain cells and in 3D organoids, applying Nano-ERASER did seem to reduce levels of PTBP1, and triggered astrocytes to become new neurons.” #alzheimers #epigenetics #DNA #isogg www.sciencealert.com/scientists-r...