At the same time, the
gene story also shows how the virtually
infinite number of possible chance combinations
of the many factors that constitute a person's biological inheritance explain and support the idea
of personal individuality and uniqueness.
Image courtesy
of iStockphoto / digitalskillet Whether or not you will live past 70 depends on a seemingly
infinite number of small variables:
genes, lifestyle, whether or not you are hit by a bus, etcetera.
The Cancer
Gene Census (CGC) database contains 547 such gene across various cancer types.5 Remarkably, few driver genes having specific point mutations appear to be sufficient to rewire signalling networks in cancer, 1 which at the same time shows that — at least from the mutational side — cancer does not consist of an «infinite» number of different diseases, and in many cases treatment options targeted against driver genes might be transferred from one case to the n
Gene Census (CGC) database contains 547 such
gene across various cancer types.5 Remarkably, few driver genes having specific point mutations appear to be sufficient to rewire signalling networks in cancer, 1 which at the same time shows that — at least from the mutational side — cancer does not consist of an «infinite» number of different diseases, and in many cases treatment options targeted against driver genes might be transferred from one case to the n
gene across various cancer types.5 Remarkably, few driver
genes having specific point mutations appear to be sufficient to rewire signalling networks in cancer, 1 which at the same time shows that — at least from the mutational side — cancer does not consist
of an «
infinite»
number of different diseases, and in many cases treatment options targeted against driver
genes might be transferred from one case to the next.