Cancer BiologybioRxivPreprint
Polycomb Marked Promoter Methylation Gains in Aging and Cancer are Independent of Replication
Hari Easwaran, Sara-Jayne Thursby, Nibedita Patel…·Stephen Bruce Baylin
This study shows that Polycomb-marked promoter methylation gains in aging and cancer occur independently of replication and are driven by age-related epigenetic drift rather than oncogenic signaling.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.30.763235