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Huge DNA study reveals new clues about cancer-causing mutations

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May 2022

The findings could lead to better diagnosis and treatments for cancer

- Dr Andrea Degasperi

Huge DNA study reveals new clues about cancer-causing mutations

A DNA analysis of thousands of tumours taken from NHS patients has shed new light on the genetic causes of cancer and could lead to new targets for treatment.

A team of researchers based at Cambridge University Hospitals and the University of Cambridge analysed the whole-genome sequences of more than 12,000 NHS cancer patients, studying the history of genetic mutations in each patient as the illness progressed.

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