HPV Integration Brings Cancerous Changes to the DNA MethylomeMay 9, 2012Vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) can protect against many forms of the virus, which can cause cervical cancer. But not everyone gets vaccinated, and there’s still a risk of becoming infected with an HPV type that the vaccination doesn’t cover. Early epigenetic events associated with HPV infection are still mysterious, so researchers in the United […]
Pregnancy-linked miRNA Cluster in Exosomes May Spark AdenomasMay 9, 2012We’ve all had things come back and haunt us—like our high school yearbook picture (the horror!). Now, researchers in Germany say they hypothesize that the same thing could happen with a chromosome 19 miRNA cluster. These miRNAs appear to dampen a mother’s immune response to a developing fetus, but the researchers think that this “immunomodulatory” […]
Virtual Poster Presentation: Comprehensive DNA Methylation Profiling of 3.7 million CpGs with the SureSelect Target Enrichment SystemMay 8, 2012What new technique reveals more information than methylation microarrays by detecting individual CpGs, increases throughput with reduced costs compared to Whole Genome Bisulfite Sequencing and reveals methylated regions undetected by RRBS and Me-Dip? Tune in to a virtual presentation delivered Dr. Kyeong Soo Jeong, R&D Scientist, Genomics Group, Agilent Technologies as he presents a poster that […]
DNA Methylation qPCR Panels Keep Stem Cells in CheckMay 8, 2012Every day, in labs all over the world, stem cells are changing. Sure they may lack (lineage) commitment, but these ultra-promising cellular blank canvases aren’t living sedentary epigenetic lifestyles. DNA methylation in stem cells is on the move with age and passages and you might not even know it. Sequencing still isn’t quite feasible for […]
oxBS-Seq Breaks Through 5hmC Sequencing BarrierApril 26, 20125-Hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) has always been a bear to sequence, mostly because it’s virtually indistinguishable from its close relative, 5-methylcytosine (5mC) using classic bisulfite sequencing techniques. Now a new sample preparation method has hit the scene that can discriminate between cytosine, 5mC and 5hmC at single base resolution, called oxidative bisulfite sequencing (oxBS-Seq) that essentially smashes […]
