Tag: Rameen Beroukhim

  • Nation & World

    CYCLOPS genes an Achilles’ heel in tumors?

    Researchers at Harvard-affiliated Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT used new technology to explore a 19-year-old theory, discovering what may be an Achilles’ heel for cancer cells: essential genes disrupted in the process of becoming cancerous that can be attacked further with drug therapy.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Another piece of cancer puzzle falls into place

    An international team of researchers has created a genome-scale map of 26 cancers, revealing more than 100 genomic sites where DNA from tumors is either missing or abnormally duplicated compared to normal tissues.…

    4 minutes