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Baylor College of Medicine
Unraveling the genetic picture of lung cancer
November 6th, 2008
HOUSTON -- (Oct. 23, 2008) -- A study seeking possible cancer genes elucidated the mutations and the genetic pathways activated in the most common form of lung cancer – lung adenocarcinoma – and could lead to improved diagnosis and treatment, said the director of the Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center that played a major role in the project led by the National Human Genome Research Institute. In the report that appears in the Oct. 23 issue of the journal Nature, a national consortium of researchers called the Tumor Sequencing Project identified 26 genes that play a significant role in the development of lung adenocarcinoma as well as cellular...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-11-06)
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