First Whole Cancer Genome Sequenced

dooling writes "A paper detailing the sequencing of the first human cancer genome will be published in the 6 November 2008 issue of Nature. This is not only the first cancer genome published, it is the first female genome as well. You can read the paper's abstract, DNA sequencing of a cytogenetically normal acute myeloid leukaemia genome, or the story in Science News. This issue of Nature also has articles on the sequencing of the first African and Asian genomes. The sequencing in all three articles was done using the Illumina Genome Analyzer, one of the massively parallel, next-generation genome sequencing platforms."

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Re:Population and cancer

[MadAhab]

But at most linearly, and not much - because of increase survival times, as opposed to the geometric effect of birth rates.

On that note, countries with long lives tend to need to support a fair amount of old people, which makes kids expensive, and keeps birth rates down.

Countries where birth rates are high and where life spans are short have a strong correlation. And they keep growing.

Compare, say, any European country or Japan or coastal US vs any sub-Saharan African country.

And as someone with a spouse with cancer, I have to say go fuck yourself.