New research could advance research field critical to personaliz...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Mon, 12/28/2009 - 23:00

(Georgetown University Medical Center) It's the ultimate goal in the treatment of cancer: tailoring a person's therapy based on his or her genetic makeup.

While a lofty goal, scientists are steadily moving forward, rapidly exploiting new technologies. Researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center report a significant advance in this field of research using a new chip that looks for hundreds of mutations in dozen of genes.

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