Connection Between Epigenome, Selective Mutability, Evolution, and Human Disease
Li, Harris et al., PLoS Genetics
Researchers at the Baylor College of Medicine and elsewhere propose a "connection between the epigenome, selective mutability, evolution, and human disease" based on the findings of their study on associations of structural mutability with germline DNA methylation and with non-allelic homologous recombination mediated by low-copy repeats. "Combined evidence from four human sperm methylome maps, human genome evolution, structural polymorphisms in the human population, and previous genomic and disease studies consistently points to a strong association of germline hypomethylation and genomic instability," the Baylor-led team writes.
New York State Approves Quest's ColoVantage Test
March 17, 2011
The test, which was launched in late 2009, detects methylated DNA of the Septin-9 gene, which Quest licensed from Epigenomics. It is targeted at people 50 years of age and above who should be screened for colon cancer but resist.
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