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Friday, September 24, 2010

Edge Master Class 2010: CANCERING: Listening In On The Body's Proteomic Conversation- W. DANIEL HILLIS


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http://bit.ly/bDGyI1 W. Daniel Hillis: We make a mistake when we think of cancer as a noun. It is not something you have, it is something you do. Your body is probably cancering all the time. What keeps it under control is a conversation that is happening between your cells, and the language of that conversation is proteins. Proteomics will allow us to listen in on that conversation, and that will lead to much better way to treat cancer.

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