ScienceEpigenetic editing’s potential for a hepatitis B cure
Nature describes a technique that uses chemical tags to shut down viral DNA lurking in the host’s genome.
TLDR
Nature reports that a wave of epigenetic therapies is offering hope for curing chronic hepatitis, which it says affects more than 250 million people worldwide. Its report on hepatitis B describes a gene-tagging technique that shuts down viral DNA lurking in the host’s genome.
Epigenetic editing’s potential for a hepatitis B cure
Nature describes a technique that uses chemical tags to shut down viral DNA lurking in the host’s genome.
TLDR
Nature reports that a wave of epigenetic therapies is offering hope for curing chronic hepatitis, which it says affects more than 250 million people worldwide. Its report on hepatitis B describes a gene-tagging technique that shuts down viral DNA lurking in the host’s genome.