The Epigenetics Group at IARC has recently developed a new method that allows the quantitative and sensitive detection of DNA methylation in multiple genes using minute amounts of DNA obtained from bodily fluids.
"Quantitative analysis of DNA methylation after whole bisulfitome amplification of a minute amount of DNA from body fluids", Vaissière T, Cuenin C, Paliwal A, Vineis P, et al. Epignetics, 4(4). 2009. Read more