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Whitehead Institute researchers have rewritten the timeline for when and how embryonic cells commit to becoming sex cells, the cells that produce eggs and sperm, and gained insights into the development of testicular cancer.

Whitehead Institute researchers investigate methylation, the chemical tags that help define gene expression during development and disease.

Researchers have found that certain epigenetic changes in mice that appear to be inherited by offspring can lead to increased cancer rates

One protein is responsible for regulating a large network of genes that prompt cells to begin meiosis, the type of cell division that produces sex cells

Lukas Chmatal is a postdoc in the Whitehead Institute Member David Page’s lab, and he is investigating the higher incidence of certain cardiac diseases in men versus women.