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Not by DNA alone: How the epigenetics revolution is fostering new medicines

Date:
April 18, 2012
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American Chemical Society
Summary:
Scientific insights that expand on the teachings of Mendel, Watson and Crick, and underpinnings of the Human Genome Project are moving drug companies along the path to development of new medicines based on deeper insights into how factors other than the genetic code influence health and disease. That's the topic of the cover story in Chemical & Engineering News, the weekly news magazine of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society.
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