Researchers ID striking genomic signature shared by five types of cancer

Friday, February 5, 2016 - 17:31 in Biology & Nature

National Institutes of Health researchers have identified a striking signature in tumor DNA that occurs in five different types of cancer. They also found evidence that this methylation signature may be present in many more types of cancer. The specific signature results from a chemical modification of DNA called methylation, which can control the expression […]

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