Reprogramming requires resetting the epigenome toward a pluripotent chromatin state. A new chemical screen identifies epigenetic and signaling roadblocks for reprogramming of human somatic cells, with the inhibition of these roadblocks resulting in a more permissive epigenome for reprogramming.
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Raas, M.W.D., Zijlmans, D.W. & Marks, H. Overcoming epigenetic roadblocks. Nat Chem Biol 17, 6–7 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41589-020-0629-3
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