How to Use methylation in a Sentence

methylation

noun

• During methylation, a methyl group in the epigenome turns genes off.
  — Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
• Lab tests can tell how old a human is just from the pattern of methylation.
  — James Gorman, Star Tribune, 14 Nov. 2020
• Other labs look at changes in chemical tags called methylation groups that can turn genes on or off.
  — Joanna Thompson, Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2023
• The other was a methylation test called GrimAge.
  — Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
• The researchers then focused on how these methylation patterns were passed down to the next generation.
  — Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 7 Feb. 2023
• This allowed the scientists to track where methylation occurs.
  — New Atlas, 2 July 2025
• This can be done through chemical processes methylation, which turns genes on, or demethylation, which turns genes off.
  — Allison Deangelis, STAT, 4 Jan. 2024
• The researchers found that the pattern of methylation suggested that the same genes may be involved in both processes.
  — James Gorman, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2020
• The researchers said the pattern of methylation suggested that the same genes may be involved in both processes.
  — James Gorman, Star Tribune, 14 Nov. 2020
• Some changes that happen with DNA methylation may age the body faster, while others may slow aging down.
  — Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 29 July 2024
• First, the soil has ample organic matter, providing a deep store of energy in the form of carbon to fuel methylation.
  — Eve-Lyn Hinckley, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2025
• Specially, methylation marks — chemical marks on DNA that change with age.
  — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 13 July 2020
• Effects were variable across neurons; only about 10% to 30% of cells showed major methylation changes.
  — New Atlas, 11 Sep. 2025
• And while correlation between methylation and gene expression was strong, causality was not proven.
  — New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2025
• Further, the study did not directly prove which methylation changes caused what transcriptomic changes; that would require further research.
  — New Atlas, 11 Sep. 2025
• Grail chose to focus entirely on methylation, a chemical change to the DNA, not the code itself.
  — Matthew Herper, STAT, 19 May 2021
• Epigenetic changes, such as methylation of genes involved in the immune response, were also documented.
  — Scott E. Solomon, STAT, 22 Apr. 2026
• One way this happens is by methylation, or the addition of methyl groups to a DNA molecule's chemical structure.
  — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2019
• And this one appears to enhance melatonin synthesis via SAM methylation—a novel pathway.
  — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
• The addition of methyl tags to DNA bases, called methylation, is an epigenetic change that allows some genes to be transcribed while others are not.
  — Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 12 July 2011
• To quantify these changes, the team used epigenetic clocks, tools that estimate biological age based on methylation patterns.
  — Brian Mastroianni, Health, 10 Mar. 2025
• Among other mechanisms involved in a child’s growth, folate aids the epigenetic process of methylation and may help prepare the fetus for its future environment.
  — Molly Glick, Discover Magazine, 28 Jan. 2022
• For people who do not have a problem converting regular vitamins into their active form or absorbing them, methylation will probably not have much of an impact.
  — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
• Belsky’s team then analyzed methylation marks — signs of epigenetic changes — on the DNA, looking for symptoms of aging.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 10 Feb. 2023
• Researchers used a method called DNA methylation to measure aging biomarkers in systems including the heart and metabolism.
  — Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 29 July 2024
• The company is using a technology that looks at methylation—or how genes are expressed—combined with machine-learning algorithms to classify cancer signals from non-cancer ones.
  — Sarah Elizabeth Richards, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2020
• Scientists found that the methylation marks regulating Ankrd26 and Ldlr went through reprogramming, too.
  — Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 7 Feb. 2023
• Methyl-seq, in which certain chemical modifications of the bases that make up genes are detected, is gaining in utility as the role of methylation in gene regulation is being understood.
  — Demaris Mills, Forbes, 24 June 2022
• Overall, the twins who went vegan saw a significant reduction in markers of biological age based on changes in DNA methylation.
  — Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 29 July 2024
• One common type of epigenetic modification is called DNA methylation.
  — Amery Treble-Barna, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2025