DNA methylation is affected by age and environmental exposures. Abnormal DNA methylation is a sign of colorectal cancer.
In a comparison between black and white individuals, the right colon seems to age quicker in black people. According to results from a biopsy study, this could explain the higher frequency of right-side colon cancer among African Americans.
Read the original publication of this study here: [Racial Disparities in Epigenetic Aging of the Right vs. Left Colon]
This colon cancer study aimed to make comparative studies of racial differences in site-specific colonic tissue epigenetic aging,
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