Scientists have written a unique encyclopedia of cancer

Scientists have written a unique encyclopedia of cancer

The first volume a unique encyclopedia already out into the world. It is not yet released second volume produced a group of British experts from the genomic research center of Glaxo Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (Sanger Institute) with the assistance of scientists from a number of international institutes of cancer.

As reported by the BBC, the work contains detailed information on hundreds of lines of cancer cells and is dedicated to everything that a person knows about cancer. In particular, in encyclopedia of visually showing how cancer cells respond to anticancer agents.

According to experts, will accelerate the development of effective anti-cancer drugs because doctors will be able for the first time read the full information about the disease.

To create an encyclopedia of scientists from around the world have conducted large-scale preparatory work. For example, British researchers analyzed more than 600 lines of cancer cells, as well as their reaction to 130 pharmaceuticals.

While specialists managed to find an effective means against rare diseases-bone cancer in children, the so called Ewing sarcoma.

Recall that recently the German scientists have announced the start of trials of treatment of brain cancer viruses.