How to Use methylation in a Sentence
methylation
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Lab tests can tell how old a human is just from the pattern of methylation.
—James Gorman, Star Tribune, 14 Nov. 2020
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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
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Grail chose to focus entirely on methylation, a chemical change to the DNA, not the code itself.
—Matthew Herper, STAT, 19 May 2021
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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
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The researchers then focused on how these methylation patterns were passed down to the next generation.
—Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 7 Feb. 2023
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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
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Specially, methylation marks — chemical marks on DNA that change with age.
—Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 13 July 2020
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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
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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
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Scientists found that the methylation marks regulating Ankrd26 and Ldlr went through reprogramming, too.
—Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 7 Feb. 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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A number of normal cellular processes rely on methylation.
—Bárbara Pinho, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2021
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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
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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
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