Cancer-causing culprits will be caught by their DNA fingerprints
3 institutional releases
Published in Nature · View the paper (DOI)
A recent study cataloged genetic fingerprints of DNA-damaging processes driving cancer development, providing clues on how each cancer developed. The research will help understand cancer causes, inform prevention strategies, and signpost new directions for diagnosis and treatments.
Coverage from 3 institutions
- Cancer-causing culprits will be caught by their DNA fingerprints Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute · Feb 5, 2020 · first to report
- Study catalogues cancer 'fingerprints' in decade-long global effort to map cancer genomes Duke-NUS Medical School · Feb 5, 2020
- Cancer-causing culprits could be caught by their DNA fingerprints University of California - San Diego · Feb 6, 2020