You Are Now Entering The Cancer Genomics Universe
Sunday, January 26, 2014 - 14:50
in Health & Medicine
The universe of cancer mutations just got a whole lot bigger. By analyzing the genomes of thousands of patients' tumors, a research team has discovered many new cancer genes, expanding the list of known genes tied to these cancers by 25 percent. Moreover, the study shows that many key cancer genes still remain to be discovered. The team says that creating a comprehensive catalog of cancer genes for scores of cancer types is feasible with as few as 100,000 patient samples. read more