For friends like Cary and Lori who have been struggling with cancer over the past several years, today’s news announcing the establishment of The Cancer Genome Atlas (note: the acronym TCGA are the letters of the DNA code) by the National Cancer Institute and National Human Genome Research Institute is an exciting one.
At this point, about 300 genes involved in cancer have been identified with a few drugs available that target specific genetic abnormalities. The plan is to analyze tumor samples from at least 50 types of cancer. Genes, genetic variations/mutations, duplications, deletions, etc. will be …read more