Guys, this is big! It is a big step forward to one day find a real solution for cancer. It is all over the news....
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In a world first, Canadian scientists have decoded all three billion letters in the DNA sequence of a metastatic breast cancer tumour and identified the mutations that caused the original tumour to spread.
The landmark study by researchers at the B.C. Cancer Agency is a major step toward unravelling the mysteries of how cancer begins and what makes it move to other parts of the body.
"I never thought I would see it in my lifetime," co-principal investigator Dr. Samuel Aparicio, head of the agency's breast cancer research program, said of the ability to decode the breast tumour's DNA.
Aparicio said the DNA-mapping should help researchers develop new breast cancer treatments based on the genetic makeup of both primary and metastatic tumours.
The B.C. team sequenced the genome of a patient's original breast tumour and one that arose in her pleural cavity (between the lungs and chest wall) nine years later.
Click to read the rest of the article on thestar.com
ASHOOR
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In a world first, Canadian scientists have decoded all three billion letters in the DNA sequence of a metastatic breast cancer tumour and identified the mutations that caused the original tumour to spread.
The landmark study by researchers at the B.C. Cancer Agency is a major step toward unravelling the mysteries of how cancer begins and what makes it move to other parts of the body.
"I never thought I would see it in my lifetime," co-principal investigator Dr. Samuel Aparicio, head of the agency's breast cancer research program, said of the ability to decode the breast tumour's DNA.
Aparicio said the DNA-mapping should help researchers develop new breast cancer treatments based on the genetic makeup of both primary and metastatic tumours.
The B.C. team sequenced the genome of a patient's original breast tumour and one that arose in her pleural cavity (between the lungs and chest wall) nine years later.
Click to read the rest of the article on thestar.com
