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.
GeneBio, Berlin Institute of Toxicology Partner to Create LC-MS/MS Spectra Library
Researchers at The Institute of Toxicology in the Clinical Toxicology and Poison Information Centre Berlin have initiated a project to develop a generic screening method using a fully automated, online extraction method to analyze serum or plasma samples.
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