{"id":2131,"date":"2015-08-18T03:00:09","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T08:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=2131"},"modified":"2015-08-15T12:16:16","modified_gmt":"2015-08-15T17:16:16","slug":"epigenomics-research-may-stop-progression-of-late-stage-cancers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/18\/epigenomics-research-may-stop-progression-of-late-stage-cancers\/","title":{"rendered":"Epigenomics Research May Stop Progression of Late Stage Cancers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_91\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MP9004222071.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91\" src=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MP9004222071-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Advances In Genetics\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MP9004222071-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MP9004222071.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Advanced Cancer Research<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A late stage cancer patient&#8217;s survival depends a great deal on his\/her doctor doing whatever possible to determine the cause of that cancer. At\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\">Issels\u00ae<\/a>\u00a0Centers for Immuno-Oncology,\u00a0our teams use\u00a0every means at our disposal to understand your cancer and create a personalized treatment plan.\u00a0We take into account new diagnosis, prevention and treatment options.<\/p>\n<p>Research details announced in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2015\/06\/18\/cancer-research-epigenomics\/28921575\/\">June<\/a> give new hope for late stage patients:\u00a0Mayo Clinic oncologists and an international team revealed that they may have found a way to stop the spread of late stage cancers using epigenomics and epigenetics research.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, they may be able to use their research to soon identify\u00a0people predisposed to certain cancers before early tumor formation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do epigenomics and epigenetics help?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Epigenomics is a discipline that focuses on the study of epigenomes &#8211; chemical compounds that change a genome without changing the DNA they surround &#8211; and their role in cells correctly reading and following genetic blueprints.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Epigenetics is the study of all processes that dictate how gene expression changes, the timing of those changes and the results.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Simplicity of Comparison<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The researchers compared\u00a0normal DNA and\u00a0tumor-sourced mutated DNA and learned\u00a0that the <a href=\"http:\/\/newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org\/discussion\/beating-advanced-cancers-new-epigenomic-block-for-cancer-progression\/\">loss of H3K36me3 expression<\/a>\u00a0plays a role in aggressive late stage cancers.\u00a0Their new treatment method is not\u00a0yet\u00a0approved by the\u00a0United States Food and Drug Administration, but they\u00a0are currently offering experimental treatment to volunteers\u00a0as part of their continued research.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about this and other new treatment options,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/issels.com\/questionnaire\/request-issels-info.aspx\">contact us<\/a> today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A late stage cancer patient&#8217;s survival depends a great deal on his\/her doctor doing whatever possible to determine the cause of that cancer. At\u00a0the Issels\u00ae\u00a0Centers for Immuno-Oncology,\u00a0our teams use\u00a0every means at our disposal to understand your cancer and create a personalized treatment plan.\u00a0We take into account new diagnosis, prevention and treatment options. Research details announced &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/18\/epigenomics-research-may-stop-progression-of-late-stage-cancers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Epigenomics Research May Stop Progression of Late Stage Cancers<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[202,203],"tags":[222,259],"class_list":["post-2131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternative-cancer-treatment","category-cancer-research","tag-advanced-cancer-research","tag-fighting-cancer"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2132,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2131\/revisions\/2132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}