Methylation (IMAGE)

Brown University

Methylation

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A new technique based on microarrayss distinguishes cell types in blood by looking at signature degrees of methylation in DNA. Yellow represents no methylation, and blue represents full methylation.

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Kelsey Lab/Brown University

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