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For Dr. Jüri Reimand, tracking down the mutations that cause cancer is a little like archeology – you must sift through all the elements to understand the whole story. “While every cancer genome contains a…
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The high-impact, open-source journal Nature Communications has published an editor’s selection of interesting, recently published studies that “significantly move forward the rapid evolving field of cancer research”. OICR is prominently featured with eight of the…
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Constance Li, PhD student and researcher in OICR's Computational Biology program. In the most comprehensive analysis of whole cancer genomes to date, OICR researchers identify novel sex-linked genomic differences that may be able to predict…
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A technician at an Ontario Tumour Bank site at Kingston General Hospital works with frozen specimens. The Pan-Cancer project made international headlines this month, but not without the contributions of thousands of individuals and the…
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Pan-Cancer Project discovers causes of previously unexplained cancers, pinpoints cancer-causing events and zeroes in on mechanisms of development Toronto – (February 5, 2020) An international team has completed the most comprehensive study of whole cancer genomes…
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OICR leads more than 1,300 researchers from around the world in an unprecedented investigation into the dark matter of the human cancer genome. Adapted from a story in OICR’s 2018-2019 Annual Report. Three billion letters…