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Most Viewed Articles on GWDN Last Week: Apr 2, 2012

Apr 02, 2012

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – What were the articles that gained the most interest from GenomeWeb Daily News' readers last week? Here are the top five:

1) Roche Raises Bid to Acquire Illumina to $6.6B
2) Supreme Court Bounces Myriad BRCA Gene Patent Case Back to Appeals Court for Review
3) Roche Extends Takeover Offer for Illumina at Same Price
4) Columbia Sues Illumina for Infringement of NGS Patents
5) Sequestration Cuts 'Devastating' to NIH, Collins Tells Senate

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Study Points to Benefits of Local Consolidative Therapy, Targeted Treatments in Cancer Care

In JCO Precision Oncology, researchers report that local consolidative therapy combined with molecularly targeted treatments could improve survival for some lung cancer patients.

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Study Links Evolution of Longevity, Social Organization in Mammals

With the help of comparative phylogenetics and transcriptomics, researchers in Nature Communications see ties between lifespan and social organization in mammals.