Essays on Methylation

Arsenicosis is a medical condition that results from increased levels of arsenic elements in the bod and it is a global health concern that many states are vehemently fighting to eradicate. A study in 2007 noted that over 137 million people globally are victims of arsenic poisoning and many more face risks of exposure. For instance, the situation in Bangladesh has been alarming, where arsenic poisoning dates many decades back. Apparently, it has a population of over 156.6 million citizens and at least 90 percent face a chronic risk of exposure of the arsenic poisoning (Khan et al., 2003). ...

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Introduction

Genome imprinting is the latest technique that has genetically modified the face of infertility; it is an epigenetic phenomenon through which the parental origin of a gene is determined based on its expression. 1 There are a vast number of genes in mammals that are marked with their parental origin, and the result of this phenomenon is a single parental allele. These marked genes are known as “imprinted.” They rely on the epigenetic machinery determining their parental identity and maintaining their origin-specific gene expression. There are 100 imprinted genes estimated in human and 200 ...

Epigenetics is the process of studying cellular and physiological phenotypic characters within the field of genetics. The study falls within the subject of genetics and the phenotypic differences which are affected by the peripheral environmental matters. These factors are notorious for switching genes on and off and also affect the way in which genes are read by the cells. Therefore, Epigenetics is the study that seeks to establish the dynamics alterations in the transcriptional potential of the cell. The alternations in this case, may or may not be heritable, even though it is controversial to use the term epigenetics ...

Diabetes is an ailment that is a consequence of uncontrolled levels of insulin in the body. In this regards, the two types of diabetes differ in terms of their reaction to insulin. Type 1 diabetes occurs as a result of the body’s attack on its own immune system thereby providing a hostile environment for cells responsible for the development of insulin. On the other hand, type 2 diabetes occurs as a result of the production of insufficient amounts of insulin as required by body organs. As such, the inadequate levels are supplemented by medication such as insulin injections ...

DNA and cancer treatment

Wade, N. (2010). Speed-reading of DNA may help cancer treatment. Retrieved on June 7, 2011, from The Johns Hopkins University has initiated a method of investigating the progress of a patient’s cancer treatment by means of modern technology for rapid succession, or decoding, huge quantities of DNA. The author in this article states clearly that individuals have a unit account of the DNA within their mitochondria, which are the several energy stores inside each cell. It states that apart form the mutations or modifications, in DNA present in cancer patients, even health individuals are known to have differences in ...