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Treating Cancer with Genomics

Apr 16, 2010

The Times Online reports that a new company based in Boston, Foundation Medicine, has raised $25 million to develop a "one-stop-shop service for genomic diagnosis of cancer." The company's founders include Broad Institute director Eric Lander as well as Levi Garraway, Matthew Meyerson, and Todd Golub of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, the paper reports.

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The Scan

For Those Thick Tiger Stripes

Tigers in India with thick stripes harbor a genetic change, as Gizmodo reports.

High GABA Tomatoes

The Japan News reports that genome-edited tomatoes with higher GABA levels are now for sale in Japan.

Approach for Inclusivity and Diversity

A National Human Genome Research Institute team calls for the field to "adopt diversity as an ethos."

Science Papers on Tumors Immune System Evasion; Drivers of Genomic Instability, Inflammation

In Science this week: study of how tumors evade the adaptive immune system, and more.