High Red Blood Cell Folate Levels Linked to Silenced Tumor-Suppressor
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222173103.htm People with higher levels of folate in their red blood cells were more likely to have two tumor-suppressing genes shut down by methylation, a chemical off switch for genes, researchers report in the December issue of Cancer Prevention Research. DNA hypermethylation, notes co-author Jean-Pierre Issa, M.D., professor in MD Anderson’s Department of Leukemia, is […]
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