‘Full genetics of cancer mapped’
December 21st, 2009
Many newspapers have reported that scientists have “cracked the code” of cancer with the analysis ofthe entire genetic sequence of malignant melanoma skin cancer and an aggressive form of lung cancer.
In the past, researchers were only able to look at smaller sections of DNA, as sequencing the entire DNA of a cell would have taken a very long time. Recent advances in technology have allowed the analysis of the entire sequence of DNA within a cell much more quickly.