2006-01-22

Stardust

: Amazing! Something even older than even the oldest fossil or the oldest rock on Earth.

has been discovered that might treat lung cancer. Methylation, adding a methyl group "H3C-" to a cytosine nucleotide, can silence the DNA, meaning that proteins cannot be synthesized from it. Therefore, demethylating the DNA would reactivate the transcription and translation of the DNA.

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