New epigenetic drug strategy to treat cancer

Thursday, October 25, 2018 - 17:40 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have discovered that inhibiting CDK9, a DNA transcription regulator, reactivates genes that have been epigenetically silenced by cancer. Reactivation leads to restored tumor suppressor gene expression and enhanced anti-cancer immunity.

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