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New technique could help make precision medicine more widely available

New technique could help make precision medicine more widely available

Simple CUT&Tag adaptation gives information about genetic regulatory elements in formalin-fixed tumor samples
Hutch NewsOctober 04, 2023
An old drug gets a new look: DNA damaging agent aclarubicin found to disrupt chromatin and stimulate RNA Pol II elongation

An old drug gets a new look: DNA damaging agent aclarubicin found to disrupt chromatin and stimulate RNA Pol II elongation

From the Henikoff Lab, Basic Sciences Division and Cancer Basic Biology Program of the Cancer Consortium
Science SpotlightJuly 17, 2023
MulTI-Tag: your ticket to profiling chromatin

MulTI-Tag: your ticket to profiling chromatin

From the Henikoff Lab, Cancer Basic Biology Program, Cancer Consortium.
Science SpotlightNovember 21, 2022
License to Kill: Latency HIV-CRISPR pinpoints how to blow latent HIV’s cover

License to Kill: Latency HIV-CRISPR pinpoints how to blow latent HIV’s cover

From the Emerman and Henikoff Labs, Pathogen Associated Malignancies and Cancer Basic Biology Programs, Cancer Consortium.
Science SpotlightSeptember 19, 2022
Peeling back the layers of a cell’s epigenomic data

Peeling back the layers of a cell’s epigenomic data

From the Henikoff and Setty labs, Basic Sciences and Public Health Sciences Divisions
Science SpotlightJune 20, 2022
Epigenetic heterogeneity helps cancer cells change their minds

Epigenetic heterogeneity helps cancer cells change their minds

From the Henikoff Lab, Basic Sciences Division and the Meshinchi Lab, Clinical Research Division
Science SpotlightNovember 15, 2021
Fundamental proteins that guide embryo development are co-opted by cancer

Fundamental proteins that guide embryo development are co-opted by cancer

Researchers discover why some critical DNA-packaging proteins called histones evolve rapidly — and may give cancer a boost
Hutch NewsFebruary 19, 2021
Oncohistones: A Vicious Cycle

Oncohistones: A Vicious Cycle

From the Henikoff lab, Basic Science Division, and the Olson lab, Clinical Research Division
Science SpotlightOctober 19, 2020
Dr. Harmit Malik elected fellow of American Academy of Microbiology

Dr. Harmit Malik elected fellow of American Academy of Microbiology

His pioneering approaches to studying genetic conflict are transforming traditional evolutionary genetics
Hutch NewsFebruary 15, 2019
‘Waistbands’ of our chromosomes marked by unusual X-shaped DNA

‘Waistbands’ of our chromosomes marked by unusual X-shaped DNA

Human Y chromosome’s center more ‘monkey-like’ than other human chromosomes, study finds
Hutch NewsFebruary 02, 2018