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Gene mapping predicts cancer variants with 100% accuracy

Drug Discovery World

Saturation genome editing Researchers at the Crick used a new method called saturation genome editing to track the function of over 2,000 different VHL variants in human cells over time. But many people are diagnosed with ‘variants of unknown significance’ in VHL and don’t know what this means for their cancer risk.

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WHO Honors the Legacy and Contribution of Henrietta Lacks

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The cell line, called HeLa, laid the foundation for many groundbreaking discoveries, including vaccines for the human papilloma virus (HPV) and polio; drugs for HIV and cancers; gene mapping; IVF treatment; and more recently, for crucial COVID-19 research. Fittingly, it was also used to develop the vaccine against cervical cancer.