James A. Swenberg, PhD, DVM, a UNC Lineberger member and Kenan Distinguished Professor in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, was a co-author on a study published in the journal Nature. Led by researchers at the Yale School of Medicine Department of Genetics and Yale Stem Cell Center, the study identified a new form of DNA modification in mouse embryonic stem cells. Previously, it had been widely accepted that 5-methylcytosine was the only form of DNA methylation in mammalian genomes. The researchers identified N6-methyladenine as another form of DNA modification.
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The study’s senior author, Andrew Xiao, PhD, an assistant professor in the Yale School of Medicine Department of Genetics, received his doctoral degree at UNC-Chapel Hill.
To read the full study, click here. To read by a story by YaleNews about the findings, click, here.