Georgia Tech develops computational algorithm to assist in cancer treatments
Monday, February 13, 2012 - 15:00
in Health & Medicine
High-throughput DNA sequencing technologies are leading to a revolution in how clinicians diagnose and treat cancer. The molecular profiles of individual tumors are beginning to be used in the design of chemotherapeutic programs optimized for the treatment of individual patients. The real revolution, however, is coming with the emerging capability to inexpensively and accurately sequence the entire genome of cancers, allowing for the identification of specific mutations responsible for the disease in individual patients.
Read the whole article on Physorg
More from Physorg
Related
- Personalized medicine helps cancer patients surviveSun, 19 Apr 2009, 18:42:27 EDT
- Novel analysis method organizes genomic cancer dataThu, 30 Jun 2011, 16:37:36 EDT
- Johns Hopkins scientists develop personalized blood tests for cancer using whole genome sequencingThu, 18 Feb 2010, 14:34:22 EST
- UCLA cancer researchers perform complete genomic sequencing of brain cancer cell lineThu, 28 Jan 2010, 21:37:27 EST
- Patient's whole genome reveals risk of diseases and adverse drug responsesThu, 29 Apr 2010, 19:16:34 EDT