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Cancer and epigenetics
Cancer’s epicentre
New understanding of how cancers work is yielding new treatments
CHICAGO

THE biggest conceptual breakthrough in the war on cancer was the realisation by the 1980s that it is always a genetic disease. Sometimes the genetic flaw is inherited. Sometimes it is the result of exposure to an outside agent such as tobacco smoke or radioactivity. Sometimes it is plain bad luck; a miscopying of a piece of DNA during the normal process of cell division.

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I found this to be a really interesting article that highlights new directions in cancer therapy and fact that much of our new understanding relates to increased understanding of the basic biology of genetics.
Hope you enjoy,
C

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