Genome code cracked for most common form of pediatric brain cancer
Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 21:00
in Health & Medicine
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have deciphered the genetic code for medulloblastoma, the most common pediatric brain cancer and a leading killer of children with cancer. The genetic "map" is believed to be the first reported of a pediatric cancer genome and is published online in the December 16 issue of Science Express.