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An ecosystem of cancer cell line factories to support a cancer dependency map

Nature Reviews Genetics volume 16, pages 373–374 (2015)Cite this article

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Jesse Boehm and Todd Golub call for an international effort to establish >10,000 cancer cell line models as a community resource. Cancer cell line factories will facilitate the creation of a cancer dependency map, connecting cancer genomics to therapeutic dependencies.

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  1. Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, 415 Main Street, Cambridge, 02142, Massachusetts, USA

    Jesse S. Boehm & Todd R. Golub

  2. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, 02215, Massachusetts, USA

    Todd R. Golub

  3. Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, 02115, Massachusetts, USA

    Todd R. Golub

  4. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 4000 Jones Bridge Road, Chevy Chase, 20815, Maryland, USA

    Todd R. Golub

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Boehm, J., Golub, T. An ecosystem of cancer cell line factories to support a cancer dependency map. Nat Rev Genet 16, 373–374 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg3967

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