2004; Robertson, 2002; Jones & Baylin, 2002). Hypermethylation of CpG islands can cause tumors by shutting off tumor-suppressor genes. In fact, these types of changes may be more common in human ...

DNA methylation data provide extremely accurate age predictors, but so far, little is known about the dynamics of this epigenomic biomarker over the course of life.

For example, at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, scientists showed that that DNA hypermethylation and concomitant loss of endocrine receptor (ER) binding at enhancers is associated with ...

Aim: Health plan coverage policies can influence utilization of genetic tests. Our goal was to characterize the current state of test-related policies from US private payers. Methods: We searched ...

Research teams from Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute Jena (FLI), University Hospital Jena and Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel ...