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		peterfirefly 38 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gene-edited pancreatic cells transplanted into a p... A lot of them are probably not copying errors but errors in which parts of the genome are turned on and which parts are turned off. (Agree entirely about type 2 diabetes.)

ch4s3 38 days ago [–]

Sure DNA methylation can also just happen for any number of reasons.

peterfirefly 38 days ago | [–]

I don't methylation is the only mechanism for that.

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