Scientists find evidence that cancer can arise from changes in the proteins that package DNA

Mutations in histones, the proteins that shield and package DNA, have been linked to many types of cancer, but their role in promoting disease has not been clear. Now, for the first time, scientists have found that a change to the structure of a histone can trigger a tumor on its own. More »
Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire - Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Tags: Science News chondroblastoma David Allis epigenetics genetics and genomics histones Laboratory of Chromatin Biology and Epigenetics sarcoma Source Type: news