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Nature Biotechnology 26, 655–656 (1 June 2008) | doi:10.1038/nbt0608-655

A new path to the cancer epigenome

Victoria M Richon

As we learn more about the role of chromatin structure and function in cancer, the ability to treat tumors by targeting epigenetic processes is fast becoming a reality. In a recent issue of Nature, Han et al. find a new chromatin-organizing protein associated with the progression of breast cancer.