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The Epigenetics Society (ES) is almost 30 years old, and our membership consists of principal investigators, postdoctoral fellows, and students who all share a great enthusiasm for the field of epigenetics. epigeneticssocietyint.com/home

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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
@aaup.org The AAUP is suing the Administration over new policies for green card applicants. They will be at risk of losing their ability to live in the US, being separated from their families, & having their education disrupted even tho’ they followed the legal process to seek permanent residence.
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
@wamsleylab.bsky.social The fiscal year is over. The Social, Behavioral, and Economic division of NSF ended up awarding 90 total grants this year, as opposed to ~700-800 in recent past years. Source: grantwitness.org/nsf/analyses...
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Agency Pulse: Grantmaking at NSF
An independent, up-to-date, grant-level record of federal science funding disruptions in the United States.
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Dan Garisto, science journalist National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress - The New York Times 1/5 of budget may be spent on artificial intelligence and quantum computing www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Higher Ed Groups Bash ED Proposal to Allow More Grant Terminations 1000s of comments were made on the US Education Dept.’s proposed rule allowing the agency’s sec’y to cancel grants for convenience, prioritize applicants who charge lower indirect cost rates & have more discretion over grantmaking.
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Higher Ed Groups Bash ED Proposal to Allow More Grant Terminations
The Education Department received more than 5,500 public comments on rule changes that would allow the secretary to, among many other things, ax awards simply “for convenience.”
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s... US officials are drafting an executive order to place grants under review by an outside panel... the latest attempt to usurp the NIH’s scientific autonomy. Mr. Vought also sought access to unspent funds from this fiscal year but did not succeed.
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It is highly unusual for the NIH to have no notices in its weekly guide. Over decades, this guide has been full of new research grant opportunities and instructions. This is not normal!
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Jeremy Berg Former head of NIGMS at the US NIH @jeremymberg.bsky.social New lawsuit challenging NIH actions around "DEI" on Constitutional grounds. protectdemocracy.org/work/researc...
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Researchers challenge NIH screening of grants for disfavored viewpoints - Protect Democracy
Today, researchers filed a class action lawsuit challenging the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) policy of blocking grants in order to censor views it disagrees with, on everything from DEI to ge...
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Epigenetics in Space: The Dynamic Cellular Response. From ES Member Andrea Fuso In: Bizzarri, M. (eds) Biomedicine and Biotechnology in Space. doi.org/10.1007/978-... #Epigenetics Society
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A germline KDM3C polymorphism impairs DNA repair and sensitizes to chemoradiotherapy From ES member Sanjeevani Arora. doi.org/10.64898/202... #Epigenetics Society
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
RNA-binding proteins activate transcription through defined molecular grammars Drom ES member Jonathan E. Henninger. doi: doi.org/10.64898/202... #Epigenetics Society
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Multidimensional exposure architecture shapes vaping-associated transcriptomic dysregulation in oral epithelium From ES member Stella Tommasi doi.org/10.3389/fonc... #Epigenetics Society
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Multidomain interaction governs the filamentous assembly of the dominant-negative DNMT3A R882H mutant. From ES member Jikui Song doi:10.1073/pnas.260922612 #Epigenetics Society
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Histone H4 lysine 20 tri-methylation safeguards breast cancer lineage fidelity and unfolded protein response From ES member Zheqi Li doi.org/10.1038/s414... #Epigenetics Society
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Abstract from a recently published article featured by the Epigenetics Society (ES) Poising and connectivity of emergent human developmental enhancers in the transition from naive to primed pluripotency From ES member Isabella Savin DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2026.117402 #Epigenetics Society
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social Breaking: Judge Saylor postpones DHS rule terminating duration of status (restricting international students to 4 yrs) a day before it would take effect. He denies the request to vacate the rule itself at this time, though.
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Key Questions About International Student Visa Limits Any international student who begins their studies after Sept. 15 can stay in the US for 4 y, ending a policy of students staying until their studies are concluded. Students can apply for extensions but experts are concerned about that process.
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social Reporter for Nature journal 🚨 The NIH is moving to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars in infectious-disease research projects to the DOD under a secret 10-year pact. Here’s what’s happening inside “Operation Prevailing Edge” 🧵👇 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Dr. Sebastian Tong was halfway into a 4-yr project to help rural US communities improve medical treatment of patients suffering from addiction when he got word that his federal grant had been terminated. He had yet to apply what his team learned on a larger scale. www.kuow.org/science/2026...
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net Why your doctor can't give you a cure tomorrow: how effective treatments are discovered and developed. Part 1 🧪 🧵 #science #news #education #health #research
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
To keep track of the public comments about this critical issue of scientific integrity in awarding, terminating, and managing NIH science grants and other US grants, see Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance - Comment Analysis Report. This site does an analysis of the comment categories.
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Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance - Comment Analysis Report
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
@helenbranswell.bsky.social & Anil Oza 42 of the public comments about the recent OMB proposal that would make NIH funding decisions open to political influence were removed from the record. www.statnews.com/2026/08/25/r...
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Comments on OMB research rule mysteriously removed from federal website
Some comments on a proposed OMB research rule have been mysteriously removed from a public-facing government webpage.
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
@dangaristo.bsky.social NSF will award just 6,100 new grants—a 30% y/o/y decline, itself down from a previous avg. of 11,000+. In fact, the last time NSF awarded so few grants was in the early '80s. Exclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decades | Nature
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Exclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decades
The US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project.
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
David Gorski, MD, PhD The NIH just released an RFI (request for Information) on a proposed new format for reporting the scores of grant applications from study sections. If implemented, it will make it easier to hide political manipulation of grant funding. sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-opposite...
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The opposite of “transparency”: Sneaking Lysenkoism into NIH peer review
On Friday, the NIH released an RFI (request for Information) on a proposed new format for reporting the scores of grant applications determined by study sections. If implemented, this new system will
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
An Update on NIH's Stalled Funding Pipeline, as the Fiscal Year Runs Out Elizabeth G., Former NIH Program Director As of August 12: 289 NIH forecasts (funding announcements) neither published nor formally canceled.186 are already overdue, some by well over a year.
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
…the National Science Foundation (NSF) is still moving ahead with its own proposed changes to its Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG), like the proposed OMB rule change. Comments are open through Aug. 24. #DefendResearch encourages you to comment by submitting a response.
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NSF Proposes Sweeping Revision to PAPPG
NSF proposes major revisions to its grant guidance, introducing changes to public access, research security, scientific integrity, and award administration.
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Senate votes to block rule giving White House more control over research The U.S. Senate on Aug. 8 approved a temporary spending bill that blocks the White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) from implementing proposed changes in the rules affecting trillions of dollars of federal spending.
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Senate votes to block rule giving White House more control over research
Language is part of bill to fund government until mid-December
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
U.S. researchers outraged at proposed changes to federal grants | Science | AAAS “nearly 497,000 comments on the 412-page proposal that were submitted by the 13 July deadline.” #StandUpForScience
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U.S. researchers outraged at proposed changes to federal grants
White House receives 497,000 comments on rules many fear would politicize science
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
@aamc.org The NIH only has two months left in the fiscal year to award $10.6 billion in research grants. The NIH has awarded approximately 10,000 fewer grants compared to this point in FY 2024. Explore more NIH funding trends in the latest AAMC data brief: www.aamc.org/about-us/bio...
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Client Challenge
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.socialYaaas! Good news! The Senate may temporarily ban the OMB proposal that would allow political appointees in charge of approving federal grants, especially #NIH grants.The OMB rule yielded 500k comments, 95% of them against it. 🧪
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Senate finalizes funding patch that would block Trump’s grant overhaul
Language is included to delay the president’s move to put political appointees in charge of grant approval.
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Frontiers | 2nd Epigenetics Society International Conference The Epigenetics Society (ES, epigeneticssocietyint.com/home) was established in 1994 to promote research in epigenetics research and networking between scientists studying epigenetics.
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
We note without any recommendation but with questions the following: Consensus for Grant Writing - Consensus "It is not about using AI to write the proposal itself... Consensus can help you get there faster."
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Consensus for Grant Writing - Consensus
Using Consensus to do the evidence work behind a stronger proposal
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Jeremy Berg Former NIH administrator @jeremymberg.bsky.social New White House plan for science and technology released yesterday www.whitehouse.gov/releases/202... OSTP Director Releases Landmark Report and Recommendations for Renewing American Scientific Discovery The White House July 21, 2026
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social ‼️ AHRQ is in the midst of a mass grant termination event. We (@ Grant Witness) need help to launch a tracker ASAP. If you received an AHRQ termination notice--or if you know of someone who did--submit info about the grant@ grant-witness.us/submit-nih.h...
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
www.regulations.gov/document/OMB... Final # of comments received: 341,699 For a summary of the most US science research smashing aspects of the proposed rule: elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of... Each comment that is not just a copy of other comments is supposed to receive a response.
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Comments Flood OMB Proposal on Political Control of Grants Among other changes, the proposal from the US OMB says political appointees, not peer reviewers, would be the primary deciders of who gets federal grants, & officials could yank funding even after …research has begun.
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Comments Flood OMB Proposal on Political Control of Grants
The White House Office of Management and Budget has so far received 90,000 public comments on its plans as scientific and other groups rally against them.
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Provision buried in controversial U.S. rule change would help people legally challenge ‘woke’ federal research | Science | AAAS Do you think a US research grant is a waste of tax $? Anyone angry enough to file a lawsuit may soon be able to have the U.S. Dept. of Justice (DOJ) on their side.
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Provision buried in controversial U.S. rule change would help people legally challenge ‘woke’ federal research
White House asserts expanded authority to prosecute any wasteful spending “in the national interest”
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
bit.ly/4v2X4nQ "Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.“ A sneaky rule change has the potential to blow up scientific research in the United States. But there’s still time to fight it. Read more: @beebrookshire.bsky.social : www.theverge.com/science/9576...
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The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it
‘Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.’
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
‪Jeremy Berg‬‬ Former Head of NIGMS ‪@jeremymberg.bsky.social‬‬ Another twist on the OMB grant regulations. Implementation could lead to degrades in institutional bond ratings (since grant funding now becomes explicitly dependent on political whims) removepaywalls.com/https://www....
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
America’s compact between science and politics is broken | Scientific American “No one can ever know when noodling around with Gila monster saliva will yield anti-obesity GLP-1 drugs. And putting politicos atop the pyramid of grant evaluations, scientists say, will be a disaster.”
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
‬Exclusive: NSF slashes research programs to support new tech initiative, insiders say | Science | AAAS‬ ‪@science.org‬‬ Exclusive: NSF is trimming this year’s budgets for hundreds of its traditional basic science programs by roughly 20% to 30%, even though its overall budget is down just 3%.
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The OMB and the Politicization of Science | New England Journal of Medicine For decades, the Soviet Union promoted the views of agronomist Lysenko…denying Mendelian genetics. This led to poor harvests & suppression of modern genetics in the Soviet bloc. A similar threat now hangs over U.S. science.→
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
In a letter to Congress, publishers & 163 scientific societies opposed part of proposed US OMB rule that critically restricts use of federal research grants for paying for scientific publication costs. epigeneticssocietyint.com/membersarea/... (Accessible to ES members).
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Every cancer is unique – why different cancers require different treatments & how evolution drives drug resistance This is a good summary for non-scientists except that it omits the huge contribution of epigenetics to cancer & diversity among tumors & individual cancer cells in tumors.
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Every cancer is unique – why different cancers require different treatments, and how evolution drives drug resistance
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to treating cancer. Understanding how cancer cells evolve could help researchers develop more effective drugs.
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The Feds just proposed a “rule” that can destroy most worthwhile US science research done in universities &, instead, support proposals picked by political appointees. You can tell them NO at a US govt. website! Some instructions below. www.regulations.gov/document/OMB...
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
For everyone who cares about medicine, technology & any effects of science: THE #StandUpForScience GUIDE for TO LEAVING PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE OMB-2026-0034 PROPOSED RULE: www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-advocacy/the-sufs-guide-to-writing-public-comments Share with your friends!
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The SUFS Guide to Writing Public Comments — Your Site Title
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
For scientists, it is critical to comment on proposed changes to US grant award policies at Regulations.gov by July 12. Be specific abt drastic effects on research, journals, & science conferences. For details: (9) Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule.
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
URGENT. We need 10s of 1000s of people to comment on proposed US science research policy, based on a bipartisan bet that if you funded smart people & left them alone, they would cure diseases & build industries. The comment period ends 7/3. Submit comments here. www.regulations.gov/document/OMB...
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Abstract from a recently published article by the Epigenetics Society (ES) From ES member Qian Tao RSPO4 exerts tumor suppression through antagonizing canonical and non-canonical Wnt signaling. Int J Biol Sci. 2026 Jan 1;22(2):1016-1035. doi: 10.7150/ijbs.124734. eCollection 2026.PMID: 41522353
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Abstract from a published article by the Epigenetics Society ES member Qian Tao Classic Protocadherin PCDH10 Functions as a Tumor Suppressive Scaffold Protein Antagonizing Oncogenic WNT/β-catenin Signaling in Breast Carcinogenesis Int J Biol Sci 2026 Jan 8;22(3):1480-1495. DOI 10.7150/ijbs.127857
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Epigenetics Society @epigeneticssociety.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
From ES members Shujie Bao and Qian Tao Epigenetic silencing of DLEC1 correlates with tumor immune microenvironment and predicts immunotherapy prognosis in multiple cancers Hum Genet 2026 Apr 20;145(1):40. PMID: 42002658. DOI: 10.1007/s00439-026-02828-3
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