Fox Chase Cancer Center launches epigenetics institute

Fox Chase Cancer Center announced Tuesday it is launching a Cancer Epigenetics Institute that will serve as a locally-based, national hub for epigenetics study and collaborations. Epigenetics is the study of how modifications to DNA, and the environment surrounding DNA, impact the way genes are expressed and the stability of DNA — without changing its sequence. In cancer research, epigenetics is used to understand how cancer cells react to their environments, and to dis cover ways to control…
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