Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: journal science http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Study gives clue as to how notes are played on the genetic piano Japanese and U.S. scientists in the young field of epigenetics Thursday reported a rationale as to how specific genes are silenced and others are not. Because this effect can be reversed, it may be possible to devise therapies for cancer and other diseases using this information. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-clue-genetic-piano.html Genetics Thu, 12 May 2011 14:00:03 EST news224427187