Study Identifies New Form Of Inherited Risk Of Cancer

Like the subtext of a novel, the human genome sequence harbors more information than appears just in its “letters” of A, C, T and G. Since DNA is a data-packed molecule passed from generation to generation, comparing genome sequences among individuals also holds clues to ancestry. So-called association studies that match unusual DNA sequence variations to diseases are very common nowadays. But a multi-institution group led by Dr.

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Filed under: Colorectal Cancer on April 2nd, 2008