Gene Sequencing Project Mines Data Once Considered 'Junk' for Clues About Cancer
Thursday, January 24, 2013 - 14:00
in Biology & Nature
Genome sequencing data once regarded as junk is now being used to gain important clues to help understand disease. The latest example comes from the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, where scientists have developed an approach to mine the repetitive segments of DNA at the ends of chromosomes for insights into cancer.