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Protein catalogue brings personalized treatments a step closer

Mutation map offers clues that could help scientists to characterize tumours.
Microscopic images of colon tissue with cancer (right) and without cancer (left)

By comparing the proteins in samples of normal (left) and cancerous colon tissue, researchers have identified possible targets for therapy. Credit: Human Protein Atlas, v18.1.proteinatlas.org

Researchers have created a publicly available catalogue that details tens of thousands of protein mutations — and alterations in protein frequency — in colon-cancer tissue.

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Nature 569, 8 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-01373-6

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