eBook: Epigenetics of Cancer & Disease Risk

The application of epigenetic approaches to disease research is moving quickly and hundreds of new papers are published every year, from virology to neurobiology and cancer. In this eBook, we present short summaries of interesting discoveries that caught our attention in each of these areas.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Epigenetics in Disease Risk

Taking “CoRSIV” Writing from Short Notes to “Novel” Epigenetic Findings in Disease Risk

The HumanI mprintome Maps Out the Epigenetic Roots of Disease

Want to Navigate the Epigenomics of Disease Across 3,604 Studies? There’s An App for That

Chapter 2: Epigenetic Components of Cancer

Automated Chromatin Profiling Platforms Autopilot Patients to the Clinic.

Burn After Reading: m6A mRNA Reader YTHDF2 Helps Cancer Cells Manage their Protein Problems

Multimodal Nanopore Profiling of Circulating Tumor DNA

No Cells? No Problem! How Cell-Free DNA Methylation Profiles May Guide Cancer Management.

An Inflammatory Microclimate Seeds a Super-enhancer That Drives Tumorigenesis.

Chapter 3: Epigenetics in Neurologic Disease

Multiplexed Epigenome Editing Rouses a “SleepingDog” to Treat a Neurodevelopmental Disorder

DNA Methylation Provides New Insight Into the Missing Heritability of ALS

Epigenetic Editing Approach Causally Connects Adolescent Alcohol Exposure to Psychiatric Disorder Risk