Stanford researchers suss out cancer mutations in genome's dark spots

Stanford University researchers combined genome sequence data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) with data from regulatory regions from the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) to identify mutations affecting gene activity in cancer. The NHGRI-supported research, published in the June 8th issue of Nature Genetics, suggests that mutations in genome regions that control gene activity may play a significant role in cancer.
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