Acute capillary blood DNA methylation responses to swimming exercise in high‐performance male and female swimmers
C D Goldsmith, N G Lawler, D B Pyne, M Kozlovskaia, K McGibbon, L J G Mitchell, A D Govus · 2026
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C. D. Goldsmith and co-authors track, in 2026, quick DNA tag changes in the blood of elite swimmers after hard sets. Such tags, called methylation, may help staff watch training load and health. Ten top swimmers gave small finger-prick blood samples before and after swims. One set stayed below top speed, and one pushed past it.
Both sets lowered overall tag levels by a small amount. Yet the exact spots that changed barely overlapped between the two sets. Spots near genes tied to immunity shifted most. The authors say a cheap blood spot could reveal how hard a session truly was. That could guide personal training plans.
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| CREATOR | C D Goldsmith, N G Lawler, D B Pyne, M Kozlovskaia, K McGibbon, L J G Mitchell, A D Govus |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 58184 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |