New research looks beyond cancer's genetics
HoustonChronicle.com - New research looks beyond cancer's genetics
Interesting alternate theories other than mutation as the causal agent for cancers.
Epigenetics, related to hydrocarbons and other agents, that bond to healthy genes, and prevent them from working properly, is an important field. What happens is this --- to make the normal proteins in the human body, a process called DNA methylation occurs. This process turns protein production ON or OFF.
I wrote a multiple sclerosis researcher a few years back, on precisely this methylation-blocking issue. My chemistry is a bit rusty, and I think I called it by an incorrect name at the time, but a person knowledgable in the field would understand what I was talking about.
What triggered it was this --- I had noticed in an article about several different clusters of multiple sclerosis, in a particular state --- that they all had two elements in common ..... nearby Heavy Metals, from fires, factories, food supply, etc., AND Nitrates ....
It's a complex issue, but I always wondered if those two elements could have been blocking proper gene function, by working in tandem, some way.
Interesting alternate theories other than mutation as the causal agent for cancers.
Epigenetics, related to hydrocarbons and other agents, that bond to healthy genes, and prevent them from working properly, is an important field. What happens is this --- to make the normal proteins in the human body, a process called DNA methylation occurs. This process turns protein production ON or OFF.
I wrote a multiple sclerosis researcher a few years back, on precisely this methylation-blocking issue. My chemistry is a bit rusty, and I think I called it by an incorrect name at the time, but a person knowledgable in the field would understand what I was talking about.
What triggered it was this --- I had noticed in an article about several different clusters of multiple sclerosis, in a particular state --- that they all had two elements in common ..... nearby Heavy Metals, from fires, factories, food supply, etc., AND Nitrates ....
It's a complex issue, but I always wondered if those two elements could have been blocking proper gene function, by working in tandem, some way.
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