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Howard Chaim Cedar (Hebrew: חיים סידר; born January 12, 1943) is an Israeli American biochemist who works on DNA methylation, a mechanism that turns genes on and off.
Sep 20, 2018 · Howard Cedar, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Developmental Biology and Cancer Research at Hebrew University, is renowned for spearheading breakthroughs in the field of DNA methylation and cancer epigenetics.
Jan 1, 2017 · After initially discovering that DNA methylation represses transcription, Howard Cedar continues to explore how the epigenetic mark regulates gene expression.
Oct 9, 2013 · Adrian Bird, Howard Cedar and Aharon Razin were hotly tipped to win this year’s Nobel Prize for Medicine for their pioneering work in the field of epigenetics. They didn’t win.
Jan 31, 2023 · Research on DNA Methylation Leads to Blood Test to Detect Cancer. ICRF spoke to Howard Cedar, MD, PhD, and Yuval Dor, PhD, of the Hebrew University Medical School, about their pioneering work in DNA methylation, a molecular process that turns genes on and off, and the recent development of a blood test for the early detection of cancer, which ...
Howard Cedar. Categories: Epigenetics, Molecular Biology. Chaim (Howard) Cedar is one of the pioneers in the understanding the significance of epigenetics in the regulation of gene expression, and for deciphering the role of DNA methylation in cancer. He was born in New York in 1943.
Linking DNA methylation and histone modification: patterns and paradigms. H Cedar, Y Bergman. Nature Reviews Genetics 10 (5), 295-304. , 2009. 2667. 2009. Polycomb-mediated methylation on Lys27...
