title: Epigenetics: a new link toward understanding human disease and drug response.
abstract: Molecular medicine is moving beyond genomics to encompass the new scientific field of epigenetics. First described as a conceptual model of how genes might interact with their surroundings to produce a phenotype, epigenomic research currently investigates mechanisms of nongenetic modification contributing to gene regulation and examines the impact of these changes on human health and behavior.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cressman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piquette-Miller
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004194:Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D055808:Drug Discovery; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic / Q000502:physiology*; D057890:Epigenomics / Q000639:trends*; D059647:Gene-Environment Interaction; D006801:Humans; D010600:Pharmacology / Q000379:methods*; D012106:Research