Approach from Tufts-led researchers could lead to recent diagnostic and treatment techniques for many cancers and genetic disordersMEDFORD/SOMERVILLE,Mass. (Dec. 5, 2017) -- Understanding complex genomic rearrangements (CGRs), and the culprit in the development of many types of cancer and genetic disorders,has always been a challenge because of the limitations of established DNA sequencing techniques. However, a team led by Tufts University biologists has successfully harnessed recent technology to develop an approach that could allow for rapid and precise identification of the CGRs involved in disease, or cancer and disorder development,which is critical for diagnosis and treatment.
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