The Origin of CIMP, At Last

In this issue of Cancer Cell, Tao et al. provide compelling evidence that aging-like DNA methylation of multiple CpG islands, the CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP), produces a cellular context that can tolerate BRAF activation avoiding senescence by dedicating 5-month culture of colon-derived organoids to epigenomic and stemness analysis. In this issue of Cancer Cell, Tao et al. provide compelling evidence that aging-like DNA methylation of...