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Scientists have sequenced the whole genome of a cancer cell for the first time. By comparing the DNA sequence of cancerous cells taken from a patient, who died of leukemia in her fifties, with the DNA collected from her healthy tissue, the scientists identified 10 mutations found only in the cancer cells. The mutations appear to affect cancer cell growth, as well as response to chemotherapy drugs.
