Exposure to alcohol during the first weeks of embryonic development changes gene activity and cellular metabolism. In laboratory cultures, it was found that the first cells of the nervous system are ...

Members of the study (Left to right): Dr Tirtha Das Banerjee, Department of Biological Sciences, NUS; Dr. Joshua Raine, Research Fellow; Dr. Caroline Kibat, Senior Research Fellow; Study Lead ...

"I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken from me,'' Winston Churchill once observed. And there's plenty of evidence that light to moderate alcohol consumption can have health benefits ...

A groundbreaking Cleveland Clinic trial is demonstrating how gene-editing technology could transform the way millions of Americans manage high cholesterol. A Phase 1 clinical trial at Cleveland Clinic ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- New University of Louisville research may explain why some people who drink alcohol develop serious liver problems while others don't. In a news release Monday, UofL said new ...

In addition to endodermal and mesodermal cells, alcohol causes changes in DNA methylation in ectodermal cells (in blue), from which the nervous system and brain develop. During the tightly regulated ...