• A Guide to the Epigenome
  November 1, 2012
  Making sense of the data deluge
  
  
• Epigenomics: The New Technologies of Chromatin Analysis
  October 26, 2012
  Epigenetic mechanisms influence processes from stem cell differentiation to cancer, and researcher are keen to understand how these events differ at the genomic scale– the so-called epigenome.
  
  
• Researchers unlock disease information hidden in genome’s control circuitry
  September 5, 2012
  Researchers at the University of Washington have determined that the majority of genetic changes associated with more than 400 common diseases and clinical traits affect the genome’s regulatory circuitry.
  
  
• Epigenome links selective mutability of the genome, human evolution and neuro-cognitive disorders
  May 17, 2012
  The human epigenome- the molecules and chemical modifications that decorate the human genome after the basic pattern of genomic DNA is established- marks the hotspots of structural instability in the human genome, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine.
  
  
• Express Yourself: How Zygotes Sort Out Imprinted Genes
  February 16, 2012
  Researchers at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the Toronto Western Research Institute peel away some of the enduring mystery of how zygotes or fertilized eggs determine which copies of parental genes will be used or ignored.
  
  

• Embryonic And Induced-Pluripotent Stem Cells Reveal Own Molecular Signature
  February 3, 2011
  New discoveries in stem cell biology are fueling the development of new cell-based therapies for diseases such as Parkinson’s and diabetes where tissues may become diseased or damaged.
  
  
• Some stem cells hold on to their past, researchers say  
  Los Angeles Times, February 3, 2011
  Stem cells created from mature cells, called induced pluripotent stem cells, retain a distinct 'memory' of their former purpose that might limit their potential for therapeutic use.
  
  

• Epigenome effort makes its mark  
  Nature, October 6, 2010, Vol. 467
  Major release of maps charting non-genetic modifications goes beyond DNA in a bid to beat complex human disease.
  
  

• What Drives Our Genes? Researchers Map The First Complete Human Epigenome  
  October 15, 2009
  Although the human genome sequence faithfully lists (almost) every single DNA base of the roughly 3 billion bases that make up a human genome, it doesn't tell biologists much about how its function is regulated.

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