How to Use methylation in a Sentence

methylation

noun

• Lab tests can tell how old a human is just from the pattern of methylation.
  — James Gorman, Star Tribune, 14 Nov. 2020
• Other labs look at changes in chemical tags called methylation groups that can turn genes on or off.
  — Joanna Thompson, Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2023
• Grail chose to focus entirely on methylation, a chemical change to the DNA, not the code itself.
  — Matthew Herper, STAT, 19 May 2021
• The researchers found that the pattern of methylation suggested that the same genes may be involved in both processes.
  — James Gorman, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2020
• The researchers then focused on how these methylation patterns were passed down to the next generation.
  — Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 7 Feb. 2023
• One way this happens is by methylation, or the addition of methyl groups to a DNA molecule's chemical structure.
  — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2019
• Specially, methylation marks — chemical marks on DNA that change with age.
  — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 13 July 2020
• Belsky’s team then analyzed methylation marks — signs of epigenetic changes — on the DNA, looking for symptoms of aging.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 10 Feb. 2023
• Among other mechanisms involved in a child’s growth, folate aids the epigenetic process of methylation and may help prepare the fetus for its future environment.
  — Molly Glick, Discover Magazine, 28 Jan. 2022
• Scientists found that the methylation marks regulating Ankrd26 and Ldlr went through reprogramming, too.
  — Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 7 Feb. 2023
• The data revealed significant differences in the methylation patterns among the groups, the team reported last month in Genome Biology and Evolution.
  — Freda Kreier, Science | AAAS, 22 Dec. 2020
• Methyl-seq, in which certain chemical modifications of the bases that make up genes are detected, is gaining in utility as the role of methylation in gene regulation is being understood.
  — Demaris Mills, Forbes, 24 June 2022
• The company is using a technology that looks at methylation—or how genes are expressed—combined with machine-learning algorithms to classify cancer signals from non-cancer ones.
  — Sarah Elizabeth Richards, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2020
• Researchers also believe that observing changes in the methylation patterns before and after the use of anti-aging products could help veterinarians make more informed decisions in terms of diagnostics and treatment.
  — Francesca Giuliani-Hoffman, CNN, 3 July 2020
• A number of normal cellular processes rely on methylation.
  — Bárbara Pinho, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2021
• For instance, late last year Loyal released a study that used saliva to examine methylation, a chemical modification of DNA that is impacted by environment, diet and other factors.
  — Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Jan. 2023
• Researchers recently discovered that adult mouse neurons methylate and demethylate — startling, since experts thought methylation happened only during brain development and then became permanent, to establish cells’ identities.
  — Andy Berger, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2015

Last Updated: 15 Aug 2024