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A Rogue Neighbourhood
Gene expression changes in the tissue microenvironment in which a tumour arises can be used to predict outcome in patients with breast cancer.
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Focus On Natural Killer Cells
A series of articles explore the behaviour of the enigmatic lymphocytes (natural killer - NK - cells), and reflect on their transition from outcasts of mainstream immunology to prominent players in innate immunity.
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Sequencing Sheds Light On The Cancer Genome
The rearrangement of genomes in people with lung cancer can be identified using an approach called 'massively parallel sequencing.'
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Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Share Genetic Risk Factors
Several genetic risk variants are identified for the common inflammatory bowel disease ulcerative colitis.
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Breast Cancer Risk Variants
Two common genetic variants on chromosome 5 increase susceptibility to certain types of breast cancer breast cancer.
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Why We Are All Different
A paper takes a close look at the larger variations within human DNA and their potential origins and evolutionary history.
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Test-Tube Recipe Makes Functioning Heart Cells
A Canadian, US and British research team has successfully grown three types of human heart cells from cultures derived from embryonic stem cells.
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Sequencing Gets Personal
Two months and less than $1 million is all it takes to sequence an individual genome.
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Helping The Immune System
Researchers identify a protein involved in blood circulation in tumours and demonstrate that deleting it opens up the tumour to the immune system.
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