Unique mapping of methylome in insulin-producing islets
Monday, January 30, 2017 - 13:01
in Health & Medicine
Throughout our lives, our genes are affected by the way we live. Diet, exercise, age and diseases create imprints that are stored in something called methylome. Now, for the first time, researchers have been able to map the entire methylome in the pancreatic islets which produce insulin, and the researchers have made several important discoveries.