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Link Between DNA Variations And Glioblastoma Found

Mayo Clinic researchers and colleagues at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) have found a connection between DNA alterations on human chromosome 9 and aggressive brain cancer known as glioblastoma. The findings are reported in the current online issue of Nature Genetics.

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Technology to help uncover unrecognized disease-related differences

New method of selecting DNA for resequencing accelerates discovery of subtle DNA variations

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Effects of multiple copies of genes on disease risk

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the biotech firm Nimblegen Systems Inc. have successfully tested a technique for identifying newly recognized DNA variations that may influence disease risk.

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