SÅAWOMIRA f Polish. Polish feminine form of SÅAWOMIR. SLOAN f English (Rare). Variant of SLOANE. SLOANE f English (Rare). From an Irish surname which was derived from an Anglicized form of the given name SLUAGHADHAN. SLUAGHADHÃ¡N slobodan M, Serbian, Macedonian. Croatian From South slavic sloboda meaning. freedomreek form of SOPHRONIUS. SOPHRONIUS m Late Greek (Latinized). Latinized form of the Greek name ÏÏÏÏÎ¿Î½Î¹Î¿Ï (Sophronios) , which was derived from Greek ÏÏÏÏÏÎ½ (sophron) self-controlled, sensible ... [more]. SOPHUS m Ancient Greek (Latinized). From the Greek name ÏÎ¿ÏÎ¿Ï (Sophos) which meant skilled, clever.
But a burgeoning field known as epigenetics is showing that many cancers may not be caused by mutations in genes, but by chemical modifications that alter how the genes function. Such modifications to genes are epigenetic-literally on top of or related to changes in the DNA sequence.
âEpigenetic marks such as DNA methylation act as switches and dimmers of genes-they can be switched on, off, or dimmed â by epigenetic drugs inhibiting DNA methylation and removing methyl marks from these genes.â. The team of investigators set out to determine if they would be able to put a halt to addictive behavior. new study is illuminating the epigenetic changes made to DNA during the withdrawal stage for those trying to rid themselves of the drug and offers new hope for more effective epigenetic-based treatments for drug addiction.