{"id":198783,"date":"2024-11-04T09:26:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T15:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/stem-cell-discovery-highlights-importance-of-dna-methylation-in-cancer"},"modified":"2024-11-04T09:26:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T15:26:45","slug":"stem-cell-discovery-highlights-importance-of-dna-methylation-in-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/stem-cell-discovery-highlights-importance-of-dna-methylation-in-cancer","title":{"rendered":"Stem Cell Discovery Highlights importance of DNA Methylation in Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/stem-cell-discovery-highlights-importance-of-dna-methylation-in-cancer2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A study led by Ume\u00e5 University, Sweden, presents new insights into how stem cells develop and transition into specialized cells. The discovery can provide increased understanding of how cells divide and grow uncontrollably so that cancer develops.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe discovery opens a new track for future research into developing new and more effective treatments for certain cancers,\u201d says Francesca Aguilo, associate professor at the Department of Molecular Biology at Ume\u00e5 University and leader of the study in collaboration with various institutions including the University of Pavia, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Universidad de Extremadura, and others.<\/p>\n<p>All cells in the body arise from a single fertilized egg. From this single origin, various specialized cells with widely differing tasks evolve through a process called cellular differentiation. Although all cells share the same origin and share the same genetic information, specialized cells use the information in different ways to perform different functions. This process is regulated by genetic and epigenetic mechanisms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study led by Ume\u00e5 University, Sweden, presents new insights into how stem cells develop and transition into specialized cells. The discovery can provide increased understanding of how cells divide and grow uncontrollably so that cancer develops. \u201cThe discovery opens a new track for future research into developing new and more effective treatments for certain [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":707,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,412,1495],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-genetics","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/707"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}