Re: I am Cancer, hear me roar! (with segue into Chimerism and Epigenetics)

Posted by Marcus G. Daniels on
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/I-am-Cancer-hear-me-roar-with-segue-into-Chimerism-and-Epigenetics-tp7586711p7586730.html

"I don't get it?  Are you saying you had STEM cell/bone marrow transplant from this guy and were afraid his genome might be at fault in his bad habits"

Hypothetically, certain protein mixes could signal to somatic cells to unspool their nucleosome (to some extent) back to the form more like a stem cell.   If that happened, the new more versatile form might also carry new errors that come with age.   From the remodeled stem cells, new cells result, but one from a blueprint with some coffee spilled on it.   Could be interesting.

Marcus

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