ADVANCES IN LIFE SCIENCES AND HEALTH On Moving Towards Epigenetic Therapeutic Drugs

Epigenetics had changed many beliefs about biological mechanisms and processes from molecular to cellular. Strong epigenetic components have been found involved in the progression of many diseases. Epigenetics also serves as a mechanism of disease action and progression for most of the psychiatric disorders. Researchers are now having a kind of hope to reverse these epigenetic mechanisms as several studies have found the epigenetic progression of disease to be reversible. Being reversible it is assumed research should be done on drug development which can act as potential therapeutics for disease involving epigenetic progression. In this article we presume that the practice of epigenetic drug development could bear a potential risk. Considering the potential risk of epigenetic therapeutic drugs, it can be assessed that we need to move beyond the idea of developing epigenetic drugs. We should look for new therapeutic methods epigenetically which bear the potential to treat psychiatric illnesses without harm. Keywords