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Global Researchers Step Up Fight Against Cancer
The International Cancer Genome Consortium was formed by research bodies in nine countries and the European Commission for efforts projected to take up to a decade.
"This is the first large international cooperation" on cancer research at the genetic level, said Takuya Okamoto, a research promotion official at Japan's state-backed Riken institution, which is involved in the project.
The consortium will allow research to be conducted internationally without duplication, he said.
"We didn't have a good tool to fight cancer before but now we're seeing the light in revealing its mechanisms at the level of genes," he said.
The project was initiated by Canada's Ontario Institute for Cancer Research and the US National Institutes of Health, he said. Its secretariat will be housed at the Canadian institute in Toronto.
Once thought of as a single disease, cancer is now understood to consist of a large number of different conditions, the consortium noted in a statement.
In almost all forms, however, cancer changes the genetic blueprint, or genomes, of cells, and causes disruptions within normal biological pathways, leading to uncontrolled cell growth, it said.
Each participating institution will take up one type or subtype of cancer and find data on it at its own cost. Each batch of research is estimated to cost 20 million dollars.
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Fight against the cancer with the dr. antoine sayegh
With the beginning of the sunny dawn and the glory day for the fighting against the cancer ,the joys ,the gladness, and the gaieties inundated the heart of the children from the new hopes against the pains ,the tortures, and the sufferings from the cancers for new future and new world without cancers from the noble hands which ignited the real lights in our deep darkness ,and from the signatures of the faithful persons which participated in the summit in Dublin, because you are the real warriors of our humanity against the fatal diseases to build a new clean life with the normal DNA ,and to protect our fantastic earth ,and to save for our women ,our girls ,our wives, our sisters ,and our daughters the real dignity and the good health for us and for our next generations also ,thanks for all real knights of our human civilization especially the LIVESTRONG action team for their expensive efforts for fighting against the cancers and many thanks for their