Abnormal epigenetic modification has been implicated in human disease. Epigenetic therapy using nonspecific inhibitors for histone acetylation and DNA methylation has been proved effective in some cancer. However, because histone acetylation and DNA methylation are essential biochemical modification of life process, globally suppression on these process would have severe adverse effect. Identification of specific mechanism... more »

We know that all life functions are based on circadian and other rhythms; chronobiological systems are interdependent in intricate ways. Disturbances and disorders in one part of a system may affect other vital systems in unexpected but far-reaching ways.

Many aspects of circadian rhythms and sleep-wake regulation in normal, healthy humans have been charted. Much of the knowledge thus gained is assumed to be valid also... more »

Many biological models developed to date are based on studies using heterogeneous cell populations. For example, ChIP-Seq studies have shown that RNA Pol II is frequently paused near promotes and that in stem cells, developmentally poised genes are controlled by bivalent enhancers. These studies are largely based on statistical analyses of average ChIP-Seq reads from millions of cells. Earlier biochemical analysis of... more »

Loss of diaphragm function and impaired respiration is a leading driver of morbidity and mortality in the adult muscular dystrophies such as facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, and therefore requires additional study