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The second coming of epigenetic drugs
Author(s) -
Hunter Philip
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.15252/embr.201540121
Subject(s) - epigenetics , biology , computational biology , genetics , gene
Drugs that modify or shut down the expression of disease‐related genes through epigenetic tinkering hold great promise, but are few and far between. To better understand and exploit the mechanisms of epigenetic gene regulation, research and drug discovery in this area is becoming more strategic and more organized.