TAKEPLACE: PROSTATE CANCER MAPED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

PROSTATE CANCER MAPED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER

A complete genetic map of prostate cancer has been charted for the first time by scientists, an achievement that may expand understanding of the disease and lead to new treatments.

Scientists looked at seven kinds of prostate tumors, using a technology that allowed them to sequence the full genetic plan, and compared them to sequences from normal tissue samples, in a study published in the journal Nature. The work was led by researchers from the Broad Institute of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. BLOOMBERG

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