Researchers Sequence Cancer Genome

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Researchers Sequence Cancer Genome
Fri Nov 07 18:02:34 EST 2008

A genetics team sequenced DNA from both cancerous and normal tissue from a patient with the white blood cell cancer. The researchers then compared the two sequences to identify 10 mutated genes that appear to be associated with the formation of the cancer. External site

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