Wednesday, April 28, 2010

'Epigenetic' Concepts Offer New Approach To Degenerative Disease

Medical News Today, Article Date: 28 Apr 2010 - 5:00 PDT

In studies on cancer, heart disease, neurological disorders and other degenerative conditions, some scientists are moving away from the "nature versus nurture" debate, and are finding you're not a creature of either genetics or environment, but both - with enormous implications for a new approach to health.  read more

Molecular Perspective Review of Biochemical Role of Nucleobases Modified by Oxidative Stress

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 16(1), XX-XX (2010)

Piotr Cysewski1,2
1 Department of Physical Chemistry, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń,
ul. Kurpińskiego 5, 85-950 Bydgoszcz, Poland
2Department of General Chemistry, University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz,
ul. Seminaryjna 3, 85-326 Bydgoszcz, Poland

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"Examples of cancer and non-cancer diseases, for which elevated levels of hydroxyl radical nucleobases were reported [12-15]. : .../... Elevated level in chromatin hydrolysates  (GA) in Friedreich' ataxia"