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When DNA is coiled up into chromatin, it’s inaccessible to transcription, and genes are therefore silent. When it’s uncoiled, genes are active. This process, normally controlled by methyl groups, is called epigenetics. Chroma Medicine designs programmable epigenetic editors with effector domains that create precise, durable methylation patterns — thus activating, silencing, or tuning expression of targeted genes, in a way that’s safer and more predictable than alternative gene editing approaches that cut or alter DNA sequences.