Scientists take early steps toward mapping epigenetic variability

Friday, August 14, 2009 - 14:28 in Health & Medicine

Brown University scientists have taken the first steps toward mapping epigenetic variability in cells and tissues. Mapping the human epigenome, similar to the human genome project in the 1990s, could someday allow for quicker and more precise disease diagnoses and more targeted treatments of many chronic ailments.

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