First-Ever Mapping of Cancer Patient’s Genome
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) — In a genetics first, researchers report that they have decoded the complete DNA sequence of a person with acute myelogenous leukemia.
There were some surprises — eight previously unknown mutations, along with two already identified genetic alterations, were associated with the blood cell cancer.
But more importantly, it is now possible to detect individual genetic differences for each case of cancer, said study senior author Richard K. Wilson, director of the Washington University Genome Sequencing Center, in St. Louis.