Genetic "Fingerprint" Shown to Predict Liver Cancer's Return

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - 16:21 in Biology & Nature

Scientists have reached a critical milestone in the study of liver cancer that lays the groundwork for predicting the illness's path, whether toward cure or recurrence. The findings were made possible by a large-scale method for revealing genes' activity, which the researchers show can be applied to tissues that have been chemically preserved instead of frozen.

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