Genetic mutations can be benign or cancerous—new identification methodcould lead to better treatments
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Finding one cancer-driving mutation in a tumor is like finding a needle in a stack of needles, but the use of public DNA databasescould lead to more targeted cancer treatments. Boulder computer scientist Ryan Layer shares on The Conversation.
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