https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/rheumatoid-arthritis-mechanisms-may-vary-joint
---------------------------------------- to "express a gene" basically means to "turn a gene on or off" I look at 'genes' like the "Moes" of the body - Moe clunks Curly and Larrys heads together - genes bring various molecules together - its all the same - the 'genes' are the "conductors of the molecular orchestra" methylation = to stick a 'methyl' group on a molecule "a methyl group" I think is CHO3 or something - its fairly common in the body - and I think that methylation is a fairly common biological process all in all - this article does not say very much - we just finding out that rheumatoid arthritis is not just one disease - like I think we are finding out that cancer is not just one disease science marches forward - very slowly -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/massfire. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
