Epigenetic Epidemiology of Common Complex Disease: Prospects for Prediction, Prevention, and Treatment

As part of the PLoS Epigenetics Collection, Caroline Relton and George Davey Smith discuss the potential of epigenetics for the treatment and prevention of common complex diseases, including cancer.

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