NIH-Supported Researchers Map Epigenome of More Than 100 Tissue and Cell Types
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 - 08:00
in Biology & Nature
Much like mapping the human genome laid the foundations for understanding the genetic basis of human health, new maps of the human epigenome may further unravel the complex links between DNA and disease. The epigenome is part of the machinery that helps direct how genes are turned off and on in different types of cells.