La oncogenómica y el desarrollo de nuevas terapias contra el cáncer

Robert L Strausberg1, Andrew J G Simpson, Lloyd J Old

  • 1Department of Mammalian Genomics, The Institute for Genomic Research, 9712 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 2085, USA. RLS@tigr.org

Nature
|May 28, 2004
PubMed
Resumen

Los datos genómicos y la tecnología de alto rendimiento ahora pueden abordar problemas de salud importantes como el cáncer. Se propone una iniciativa internacional de oncogenómica para acelerar la comprensión y desarrollar terapias dirigidas contra el cáncer.

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