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A Long Way to Go, But Making Strides

Oct 23, 2008

David Dooling at PolITiGenomics blogs about the cancer-related efforts going on at Washington University's genome center. He discusses both the Tumor Sequencing Project and The Cancer Genome Atlas, noting that "we need a better molecular, DNA-level understanding of the many diseases collectively called cancer." He adds, "These cancer sequencing efforts, especially whole-genome cancer sequencing, are increasing our understanding of cancer at a very rapid pace, laying the groundwork for more individualized approaches to treatment."

 

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