KamikazeKauz t1_iu378aw wrote on October 28, 2022 at 5:36 AM

Reply to comment by Snufflepuffster in Major breakthrough in cancer research: Papers reveal 'dark matter' that contributes to disease's growth by Ezekiel_W

This is nothing new though, it has been studied for a long long time already, so the title is pure click bait. Here's a 20 year old review on the topic: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1421942/

Cylius t1_iu3vi2u wrote on October 28, 2022 at 11:05 AM

I mean from what I understand, the article you linked says we should get a better understanding, and this new article seems to suggest we now have that better understanding? Doesnt seem too far from a revelation

KamikazeKauz t1_iu57m5x wrote on October 28, 2022 at 5:11 PM

The point I was trying to make is that epigenetics in cancer are not a new concept, so there is nothing revolutionary about these papers. It's not a revelation or breakthrough if dozens of other papers have found similar things over the course of the past 20 years.