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Epigenetic targeted drugs

Byscientist

Many pathways to hit in epigenomics to target cancer.

The picture is from this article:

Dai, W., Qiao, X., Fang, Y. et al. Epigenetics-targeted drugs: current paradigms and future challenges. Sig Transduct Target Ther 9, 332 (2024).

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41392-024-02039-0

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