Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Genetic Study Targets Cancer in Kids


GENETICS

Genetic Study Targets Cancer in Kids
St. Jude, Washington U. launch $65M effort to ID pediatric cancer genes

Source:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-01-26-genome26_st_N.htm

Two leading medical centers on Monday launched the largest effort to date to find all of the genetic mutations that cause childhood cancer.

Doctors at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis say the three-year, $65 million project could help them develop new treatments for pediatric cancer, which strikes more 10,000 American children under age 14 every year.


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http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-01-26-genome26_st_N.htm


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