The Cell’s Software: Fixing Rogue Epigenetics To Combat Cancer

There are thousands of different cell types in our body. Whether their function is to carry oxygen, conduct nerve signals or produce hormones, every single cell uses the same genetic information. Our bodies achieve their incredible functional diversity in part through epigenetics, the regulation of gene expression via alterations to the genome that don’t change the sequence of DNA.

Cells depend on finely tuned epigenetic systems, and when these systems malfunction, the markers that direct normal function can shift or disappear, allowing cells to adopt abnormal behaviors that contribute to cancer development and progression.

Continue reading to discover how researchers are uncovering the origins of these disruptions and translating that knowledge into therapeutic and diagnostic advances.