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Nature Medicine 13, 391 (2007)
Published online: 28 March 2007 | doi:10.1038/nm0407-391
Pricey cancer genome project struggles with sample shortage
Emily Waltz1
- New York
Abstract
Tumor banks have only a fraction of the samples needed.
When the ambitious Cancer Genome Atlas was announced in December 2005, the project's leaders said they would examine scores of tumors for mutations that promote cancer, which could then help develop targeted treatments.But more than a year into the venture, they have found only a fraction of the tumor samples they need.
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