Twin study surveys genome for cause of multiple sclerosis

From Nature News April 28, 2010:

http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100428/full/4641259a.html

What we left off the last class thinking about was how does a disease in one identical twin appear and not in another? The answer is still unclear, but the article addresses the genetic sequence, the variation in epigenome, and environmental factors that may have lead one twin to develop MS and not the other.



-Brie

Epigenetics, gene expression, and disease

I found a great website with animations outlining epigenetics and its role on gene expression, specifically illustrating how cancer cells form.

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/epigenetics/



-Brie