Vast cancer genetics database could aid drug discovery

Researchers at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md., announced that they had assembled the world's largest database of cancer-related genetic variations -- the data will be available for researchers to plumb as they work to understand how genetics and cancer are related -- and what medications work best to fight different cancers.



via L.A. Times - Health http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/features/health/~3/0v93OJ2_hHQ/la-sci-sn-cancer-genome-database-20130715,0,5552203.story