Databases could soon be flooded with genome sequences from 25,000 tumours. Heidi Ledford looks at the obstacles researchers face as they search for meaning in the data.
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Ledford, H. Big science: The cancer genome challenge. Nature 464, 972–974 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/464972a
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