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Gene mapping predicts cancer variants with 100% accuracy

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Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have mapped all the possible outcomes of changes to a tumour-suppressing gene called VHL. The VHL map could help clinicians work out which patients are at risk of developing kidney cancer or might respond to certain drugs.

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WHO Honors the Legacy and Contribution of Henrietta Lacks

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The World Health Organization (WHO) honored the late Henrietta Lacks with a posthumous award to recognize her life, legacy and contribution to science as a Black woman whose cells became the first “immortal” cell line, leading them to become one of the most important and widely used in scientific research.