Genomics

genomic screening platforms
28 March 2007
metagenomics
28 March 2007

See also
genomics
high-throughput gene mutation profiling
21 February 2007

Definition: Somatic mutation theory of cancer is a theory on the pathogenesis of cancer that essentially postulates that cancer in somatic cells arises from mutations. More recently, the theory has been adapted to specifically implicate mutations in oncogenes or tumour suppressor genes.
The genome of a cancer cell carries somatic mutations that are the cumulative consequences of the DNA damage and repair processes operative during the cellular lineage between the fertilized egg and the (...)
genomic-based cancer assay
20 February 2007

Types
genomic-based breast cancer assay Genomic Health Quest Agendia Exagen
See also
Genomics
Genomics in Canada
26 December 2006

Directories
at Genome Quebec
contextual genetics
25 October 2006

References
McClearn GE. Contextual genetics. Trends Genet. 2006 Jun;22(6):314-9. PMID: #16678298#
digital genetics
30 January 2006

digital genetics
toxicogenomics
8 May 2005

References
Waters MD, Fostel JM. Toxicogenomics and systems toxicology: aims and prospects. Nat Rev Genet. 2004 Dec;5(12):936-48. PMID: #15573125#
sociogenomics
8 May 2005

References
Robinson GE, Grozinger CM, Whitfield CW. Sociogenomics: social life in molecular terms. Nat Rev Genet. 2005 Apr;6(4):257-70. PMID: #15761469#
pharmacogenomics
28 May 2004

pharmacogenetics

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