In my final few posts, I will focus on the future of cancer treatment. Over the course of my series of posts, I discussed what scientists have learned about the genetic basis of disease, how these findings have led to the development of targeted therapies, and how the sequencing revolution has enabled the personalization of […]
How the DNA Sequencing Revolution is Personalizing Medicine
Many of the topics I have discussed in my posts have mentioned using DNA sequencing to both distinguish cancers and curate treatments. While interpretations of data obtained from DNA sequencing are often highlighted in the news, the methods behind how this process works and is analyzed can be a mystery to non-scientists. Over the past […]