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ReviewNature reviews. Drug discovery2026

Epigenetic editing: from concept to clinic.

Elizabeth A Heller, Lacramioara Bintu, Marianne G Rots

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Review in Nature reviews. Drug discovery, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Clinical translation of epigenome editing technologies.Current opinion in biomedical engineering · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Elizabeth A HellerDepartment of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Lacramioara BintuDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Marianne G RotsDepartment of Pathology and Medical Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. m.g.rots@umcg.nl.ORCID 0000-0002-7416-2788

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dysregulated gene expression is associated with nearly all human disease and can be mediated by epigenetic modifications. Epigenetic editing aims to reprogramme gene expression by rewriting epigenetic signatures, without editing of the genome. Coined just over a decade ago, epigenetic editing initially faced major concerns regarding efficacy and specificity. Moreover, straightforward guidelines on how to induce sustained expression modulation for any given gene are still largely lacking. Yet, successes have been demonstrated in animal models of various diseases, and the first clinical trials of epigenetic editing have been initiated. Increased understanding of the mechanisms of epigenetic reprogramming is overcoming obstacles that initially hampered widespread application of epigenetic editing. Future advances in target specificity, reprogramming maintenance and delivery methods will enable epigenetic editing to become a powerful new therapeutic approach.

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Epigenesis, GeneticGene EditingAnimalsEpigenome EditingGenetic TherapyHumans

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