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2. Cancer epigenetics - Wikipedia

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   The epigenetic silencing of miRNA genes by aberrant DNA methylation is a frequent event in cancer cells; almost one third of miRNA promoters active in normal mammary cells were found hypermethylated in breast cancer cells - that is a several fold greater proportion than is usually observed for protein coding genes.

3. Van Andel Institute - Wikipedia

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   Van Andel Institute (VAI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit biomedical research and science education organization in Grand Rapids, Michigan. VAI was founded by Jay and Betty Van Andel in 1996. [1] The institute's research focuses on cancer epigenetics and Parkinson's disease. Its educational efforts support teacher development and science education ...

4. Cancer research - Wikipedia

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   Cancer research is research into cancer to ... Cancer epigenetics is the study of epigenetic modifications to ... The National Cancer Institute is the major funding ...

5. Manel Esteller - Wikipedia

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   Manel Esteller is the director of the Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC) of the Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL), leader of the Cancer Epigenetics Group, professor of Genetics in the School of Medicine of the University of Barcelona, and research professor at the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced ...

6. Stephen B. Baylin - Wikipedia

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   He and Peter Laird were the original investigators of the epigenetic portion of The Cancer Genome Atlas. [2] He co-leads, with Peter Jones, a Stand Up To Cancer team science initiative in regulatory epigenetics, the VARI-SU2C Epigenetics Dream Team, and as part of this has an appointment to the faculty of the Van Andel Research Institute. [4] [5]

7. Pharmacoepigenetics - Wikipedia

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   While there is still a lot of work that needs to be done regarding the epigenetic modifications of specific cancers at various steps in tumor development, there is a general understanding of epigenetic modifications in genes that lead to abnormal expression and various types of cancer. These epigenetic biomarkers are being considered in ...

8. Randy Jirtle - Wikipedia

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   He was a featured scientist on the PBS NOVA television program on epigenetics in 2007 entitled Ghost in Your Genes. [34] He was the inaugural recipient of the Epigenetic Medicine Award. [35] In 2009, Jirtle received the STARS Lecture Award in Nutrition and Cancer from the National Cancer Institute. [36] Dr.

9. Wistar Institute - Wikipedia

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   A new cancer research building and a vivarium were erected in 1975. Wistar continued its research as an official NCI Cancer Center after receiving its designation; in the 1980s, Institute scientists were among the first to develop antiviral and antitumor monoclonal antibodies that have been widely used as tools for basic research and to develop ...