Genome research project data sheds light on aggressive forms of childhood cancers

As St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis work to sequence the genomes of pediatric cancer patients, a pair of studies released yesterday based on data from the organizations' Pediatric Cancer Genome Project hint at how the technology could lead to better treatment.

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