In a recent essay, scientists challenge the prevailing genetic-focused model of cancer, advocating for a shift towards more ...

It’s time for researchers to reconsider the current paradigm of cancer as a genetic disease, argued Sui Huang from the ...

and the Wellcome Trust’s Cancer Genome Project (breast cancer) have already led to breakthroughs in our understanding of human cancers. For example, Dr. Andy Futreal, professor of genomic ...

and joint head of the Cancer Genome Project at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and is a practicing hematologist at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, in the United Kingdom. Stephen ...

“They're sort of missing the functional aspect of the genome that RNA sequencing brings ... When the 100,000 Genomes Project started in 2013, genetic testing in cancer was limited. WGS has ...

Scientists rallied nationwide last Friday in opposition to the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts for scientific research ...

To address this issue, the ICGC/TCGA Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes (PCAWG) Project performed whole‑genome sequencing and integrative analysis on more than 2,600 primary cancers and their ...

UBC medical genetics professor Marco Marra spent five years earning his PhD by studying DNA fragments of roundworms. Now, ...

According to research findings from the Cancer Genome Project, most cancer cells possess 60 or more mutations. The challenge for medical researchers is to identify which of these mutations are ...

such as The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), the Tumor Sequencing Project (TSP), the Cancer Genome Project (CGP), and individual deposits by laboratories world-wide. Wang XS, Prensner JR, Chen G, et al. An ...

It is hoped that information from the Human Genome Project will allow scientists to develop new ways of treating or diagnosing illnesses, especially genetic disorders and cancer. A person with ...

Elaborating on this initiative, Project Coordinator Prof ... treatment outcomes.” This Genome Atlas also provides knowledge ...