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1. Cystic fibrosis: from family studies to gene mapping, cloning, and function to therapy
2. Cancer genetics and developmental biology
2.1 The PTCH gene and cancer stem cells
3. Chromosome alterations and cancer (MYC)
3.1 The Philadelphia chromosome
3.2 MYC and the cell cycle
4. Discovery of an AIDS resistance gene and development of a targeted therapy (CCR5)
5. Cancer in a petri dish: discovery of an oncogene (MET)
5.1 Oncogenes: background and historical context
5.2 The rearrangement that formed MET
6. Studying populations of cancer patients
6.1 Genome-wide association studies (GWAS)
6.2 MSMB gene
7. From cancer virus to cancer vaccine: HPV and cervical cancer
8. Sequencing the tumor genome
9. ABC genes: a gene family causing multiple diseases
10. An eye on macular degeneration and gene therapy
Conclusion
References
Author biography.
2. Cancer genetics and developmental biology
2.1 The PTCH gene and cancer stem cells
3. Chromosome alterations and cancer (MYC)
3.1 The Philadelphia chromosome
3.2 MYC and the cell cycle
4. Discovery of an AIDS resistance gene and development of a targeted therapy (CCR5)
5. Cancer in a petri dish: discovery of an oncogene (MET)
5.1 Oncogenes: background and historical context
5.2 The rearrangement that formed MET
6. Studying populations of cancer patients
6.1 Genome-wide association studies (GWAS)
6.2 MSMB gene
7. From cancer virus to cancer vaccine: HPV and cervical cancer
8. Sequencing the tumor genome
9. ABC genes: a gene family causing multiple diseases
10. An eye on macular degeneration and gene therapy
Conclusion
References
Author biography.