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This is the process by which DNA is chemically altered by the addition of a methyl group (a carbon atom and three hydrogens) to genetic letter C.
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Generally, the health benefits of seafood outweigh the risks associated with methyl mercury, a heavy metal found in varying amounts in much seafood, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines.
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Eugenol, a methoxyphenol found in various essential oils such as clove, bay laurel, cinnamon leaf, and rosemary, appears to be a particulary effective peorxynitrites scavenger (the methyl group binds to peroxynitrites and the phenol group converts it into water and a nitrogen dioxide anion).
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In particular, when methyl groups (made up of a carbon atom and three hydrogen atoms) are plastered on to a gene, they can stop that gene from being expressed altogether.
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The banning of antismog additive MTBE (methyl tertiary-butyl ether) presented a new challenge.
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More seriously, fraud perpetrated by winemakers themselves led to 24 deaths in 1986, when a handful of Italian winemakers used methyl alcohol, an ingredient in antifreeze, to sweeten some wine.
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Super Blue Stuff is made from a witches' brew of ingredients: emu oil, aloe vera and methyl sulfonyl methane (MSM).
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For decades, the primary method to treat factures has been to use metallic hardware such as plates, screws and pins or a total joint prosthesis combined with standard bone cement known as Poly-Methyl-Methlacrylate (PMMA).
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Peroxynitrite, a reaction product of nitric oxide and superoxide radicals, has been implicated in N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-mediated excitotoxic damage.
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