Cancer cells: Shown here are bone marrow cells collected from a leukemia patient. Scientists searched for cancer-related mutations by comparing the DNA in these cells and the patient’s healthy skin cells.
Credit: Tim Ley
New publications, experiments and breakthroughs in biomedicine--and what they mean.
Cancer Genome
Comparing healthy cells and cancer cells reveals genetic missteps in cancer
Source: "DNA sequencing of a cytogenetically normal acute myeloid leukaemia genome"
Elaine Mardis et al.
Nature 456: 66-72
Results: Scientists from Washington University in St. Louis identified 10 genetic mutations found in the DNA of cancer cells but not in healthy cells. Both sets of cells were collected from a patient who had leukemia.
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