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DNA methylation in aging and cancer |
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| Authors: | L L Mays-Hoopes |
| Affiliation: | Biology Department, Occidental College, Los Angeles. |
| Abstract: | DNA methylation processes appear to be disturbed in senescing mice and also in some tumor cells. Although it is possible that age-related demethylation of DNA could predispose cells to carcinogenic transformation, present evidence does not favor this hypothesis. |
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