The Field of Epigenetics Has Opened the Way for the Development

question 59

Multiple Choice

The field of epigenetics has opened the way for the development of a new class of anticancer drugs ____.

• A) that are very similar to many chemotherapy treatments but are much more targeted and effective
• B) that stop mutations before they occur in individuals with a predisposition to certain kinds of cancer
• C) that increase the level of methylation in cancer cells
• D) used specifically to treat breast cancer because the key genes involved in this cancer cannot be epigenetically modified 
• E) because of the discovery that epigenetic modification of key genes is important in some cancers and the fact that epigenetic changes are reversible

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