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Cancer cells rearrange, copy, and delete their DNA in complex but distinct patterns, according to new research from a multi-institution team led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and the New York Genome Center. The investigators developed sophisticated new algorithms to analyze nearly 3,000 genome sequences from human tumors.

The results,...

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Leading cancer scientists working with the New York Genome Center (NYGC) announced today that grants are being awarded to fund six projects that address the role of ethnicity in several major cancer types, taking advantage of the diversity of patients being treated at health care institutions throughout the New York City area.

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A preclinical model of a common type of breast cancer provides new insight into why an immunotherapy known as checkpoint inhibition has not yet been effective against the cancer, according to researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine. Research with the model also suggests new approaches to treatment.

In a paper published July 30 in Nature Communications, the...