Cancer Genetics – News and Features

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Tool developed to Silence Genes in Specific Tissues Using RNAi
Investigators have developed a way to use the RNAi approach to silence a selected gene.

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Scientists Isolate Suppressor Gene as Potential Drug Target
Gene’s importance in cancers of the lung and head and neck may make it a viable drug target.

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Little Known DNA Repair Enzyme may be a Tumor Suppressor Gene
Pol zeta has the ability to give cells with even heavily damaged DNA a new lease on life.

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Illumina Advances Genetic Analysis of Cancer
Illumina is launching software tools that enable customers to use Infinium™ SNP genotyping data.

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NIH Launches Comprehensive Effort to Explore Cancer Genomics
The Cancer Genome Atlas begins with three-year, $100 million pilot project.

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Qiagen Develops Leading Solutions for RNA Interference
Qiagen will develop world’s largest collection of validated siRNAs through an extensive validation project.

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DNA Structure may Signal Prostate Cancer
The researchers believe that this structure can be used as a biomarker for assessing prostate cancer risk.

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Researchers Publish Dog Genome Sequence
Analysis sheds light on human disease; differences among canine breeds.

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Strategy Guides Selection of Best Drugs for Cancer Patients
The approach scans the tumor for evidence of widespread genetic changes.

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Origins of Deadliest Breast Cancer Identified at Duke
Scientists have discovered that loss of a critical protein in breast cells can initiate a particularly aggressive and often fatal form of cancer
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