Universal Informatics · Research reading room

Epigenetic Changes Associated With Two Different Conceptualisations of Meditation- A Randomised Trial

Sydney Medical School The University of Sydney · Randomised Trial

Original publication

Attributed extracts from the research record

“it is shown that two different definitions of meditation are able to change the expression of genes in distinct ways and that the mental silence definition of meditation may exert its biological effects by altering the expression of genes related to the immune system/inflammation, cancer and cell structure and function”

Evidence and provenance

Chapter Trust Factor uses a minimum of three distinct qualifying studies. Publication records retain their own evidence and assessment.

Study design and assessment
design
Randomised Trial
assessment
Not recorded
trust Factor
score
2
scope
Paper
status
assessed
randomized Controlled Trial
true
blinding
not-confirmed
peer Reviewed
false
basis
Randomized controlled design recorded in the publication-specific design or bibliographic indexing.
sources

https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/16649

review Scope
Existing publication-specific assessments and bibliographic indexing; no blanket full-text appraisal.
assessed At
2026-10-27
jadad
status
unassessed
score
Not recorded
evidence
Not recorded
Topics and recorded topic scores
  1. key
    language:ii
    title
    Meditation, mindfulness and related practices: gene expression and epigenetics
    collection
    language
    trust Score
    2
Citation snapshot and identifiers
id
src-c4163b9ea6af
doi
Not recorded
pmid
Not recorded
citation Snapshot
Not recorded
citations By Collection
language
Not recorded
Complete approved library record
id
src-c4163b9ea6af
publication Key
Not recorded
aliases
None recorded
title
Epigenetic Changes Associated With Two Different Conceptualisations of Meditation- A Randomised Trial
journal
Sydney Medical School The University of Sydney
neurotransmitters
None recorded
year
Not recorded
authors
design
Randomised Trial
kind
Source record
identity Conflict
Not recorded
doi
Not recorded
urls

https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/16649

collections

language

categories

Epigenetics · Molecular biomarkers

targets
None recorded
priority
0
quotes

“it is shown that two different definitions of meditation are able to change the expression of genes in distinct ways and that the mental silence definition of meditation may exert its biological effects by altering the expression of genes related to the immune system/inflammation, cancer and cell structure and function”

summary
limitation
citation Count
Not recorded
paper Trust Assessment
score
2
scope
Paper
status
assessed
randomized Controlled Trial
true
blinding
not-confirmed
peer Reviewed
false
basis
Randomized controlled design recorded in the publication-specific design or bibliographic indexing.
sources

https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/16649

review Scope
Existing publication-specific assessments and bibliographic indexing; no blanket full-text appraisal.
assessed At
2026-10-27
citations By Collection
language
Not recorded
topics
  1. key
    language:ii
    title
    Meditation, mindfulness and related practices: gene expression and epigenetics
    collection
    language
    trust Score
    2
journal Key
journal Label
Sydney Medical School The University of Sydney
chapter Entries
  1. id
    language-ii-src-c4163b9ea6af
    record Id
    src-c4163b9ea6af
    title
    Epigenetic Changes Associated With Two Different Conceptualisations of Meditation- A Randomised Trial
    journal
    Sydney Medical School The University of Sydney
    year
    Not recorded
    authors
    design
    Randomised Trial
    urls

    https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/16649

    quotes
      1. text
        “it is shown that two different definitions of meditation are able to change the expression of genes in distinct ways and that the mental silence definition of meditation may exert its biological effects by altering the expression of genes related to the immune system/inflammation, cancer and cell structure and function”
        emphasis
        false
    citation Count
    Not recorded
    source Pages

    12

    targets
    None recorded
    categories

    Epigenetics · Molecular biomarkers

    doi
    Not recorded
    pmid
    Not recorded
    paper Trust Assessment
    score
    2
    scope
    Paper
    status
    assessed
    randomized Controlled Trial
    true
    blinding
    not-confirmed
    peer Reviewed
    false
    basis
    Randomized controlled design recorded in the publication-specific design or bibliographic indexing.
    sources

    https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/16649

    review Scope
    Existing publication-specific assessments and bibliographic indexing; no blanket full-text appraisal.
    assessed At
    2026-10-27
    collection
    language
    chapter Number
    1
    topic Id
    ii
    topic Title
    Meditation, mindfulness and related practices: gene expression and epigenetics
    trust Score
    2
jadad
status
unassessed
score
Not recorded
condition Evidence
None recorded
conditions
None recorded
topic Trust Scores

2

full Text
status
not-indexed
retrieval Available
false

Open this publication in the interactive library