Re: Scientists Crack Entire Genetic Code of Cancer

[Guest guest]

I'm pretty excited about it.

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> Yeah, but what GOOD is it going to actually do? . . .

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> Scientists Crack Entire Genetic Code of Cancer

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> Scientists have unlocked the entire genetic code of two of the most

> common

> cancers--skin and lung--a move they say could revolutionise cancer care.

> Not only will the cancer maps pave the way for blood tests to spot

> tumours

> far earlier, they will also yield new drug targets, say the Wellcome

> Trust

> team.

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> Scientists around the globe are now working to catalogue all the genes

> that go wrong in many types of human cancer. The UK is looking at breast

> cancer, Japan at liver and India at mouth. China is studying stomach

> cancer, and

> the US is looking at cancers of the brain, ovary and pancreas.

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> http://snipr.com/tqbap

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