Health News from the Chronicles
One form of epigenetic change known as DNA methylation is particularly understudied in this area.
"There's a large amount of evidence that a process known as DNA methylation is a key player in cancer development," Zhong said. "Today's next-generation sequencing techniques give us the data we need…
How important is it to have a caring and supportive partner? We all understand, perhaps intutively, that being a part of a couple has dramatic impacts on our quality of life, and now sociology researchers have published evidence on this question:
Published in the Journal of Family Psychology,…
Researchers in the department of psychology have developed a unique method for diagnosing the earliest stages of dementia by applying tasks commonly used to gauge levels of impulsive or risky behaviors related to financial decisions:
This approach, which has been used in the past to evaluate…
Complex carbohydrates are the key to cell behavior, and the ability to study them at UGA and train the next generation of researchers just received a great boost:
University of Georgia researchers have received a five-year $850,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish a…
How our eyes absorb light and achieve great definition in visibilty is a fascinating subject and the focus of one of the best neuroscience researchers in the country, a faculty member in our department of psychology:
[People] with more yellow in their macula may have an advantage when it comes…