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Science 16 December 2005:
Vol. 310. no. 5755, p. 1761
DOI: 10.1126/science.310.5755.1761
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ENVIRONMENTAL EPIGENOMICS MEETING:
Supplements Restore Gene Function via Methylation

Elizabeth Pennisi

DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA--At the Environmental Genomics, Imprinting, and Disease Susceptibility conference, held here from 2 to 4 November, an epigeneticist presented evidence from mice that methylation of DNA--a chemical modification that can shut down genes--can be key to folic acid's effects on the developing fetus. (Read more.)

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