Monday 4 June 2012

World's largest release of human cancer genome data

Researchers at the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, have announced the largest-ever release of comprehensive human cancer genome data.  The genome data is freely accessible to the scientific community worldwide, more than doubling the data available from human genome sources.  As stated in Nature Genetics, "this information is valuable not just to cancer researchers, but also to scientists studying almost any disease." 

To learn more about this genome archive, click here.

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