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From the Finnish Center of Excellence in Tumor Genetics Research 2018-2025

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Can Bacteria Damage the DNA in our Gut?

March 10, 2021alondon
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Analysis tools, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, People, Sequencing, Statistics, Uncategorizedbase player, cancer research, colibactin, colorectal cancer, DNA, genotoxin, infection biology, mutation analysis, tumor genomics

Mikä Saa Syöpäsolut Kasvamaan Nopeammin kuin Normaalit Solut?

December 14, 2020alondon
Soluviljelymalja tutkijan kädessä. Kuva: Pexels.com
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COE, Genetics, People, Sequencingcancer, cancer research, cancer therapy, cell-culture, colorectal cancer, crispr, CRISPR-Cas9, gene regulation, Genetics, leukemia, MYC, research, transcription factors

Scientists Dive into Histology using 3D Technology

November 17, 2020alondon
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Analysis tools, Artificial Intelligence, COE, Computational Biology, People3D technology, Bioinformatics, biomedical research, cancer research, histology, prostate cancer, virtual reality, VR

What Makes Cancer Cells Grow Faster than Normal Cells?

October 9, 2020October 9, 2020alondon1 Comment
Scientist holding a cell-culture dish. Photo: Pexels.com
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COE, Genetics, People, Sequencingcancer, cancer research, cancer therapy, cell-culture, colorectal cancer, crispr, CRISPR-Cas9, gene regulation, Genetics, leukemia, MYC, research, transcription factors

“Why Haven’t We Been Able to Find a Cure for Cancer Yet?”

August 12, 2020alondon1 Comment

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Clinical Trials, Finnish Cancer Registry, Genetics, People, Sequencing, Uncategorizedcancer, cancer research, disease, DNA, genome, lifestyle, medicine, Sequencing, syöpä

Retrotransposons, the Jumping Genes of our Genomes- Let’s Meet Tatiana Cajuso

June 1, 2020alondon

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Man Jumping on Top of Stairs, photo by Aslihan Aslan. Pexels.com

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Genetics, People, Sequencingcancer, cancer research, colorectal cancer, DNA, genome, PhD, Sequencing

Down the Rabbit Hole: from Wet Lab into the Coding World.

March 20, 2020alondon

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Analysis tools, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, PeopleBioinformatics, Biological research, cancer research, Coding Camp, Data scientists

Medical Doctors in Research: Let’s Meet Ulrika Hänninen, M.D.

January 17, 2020January 24, 2020alondon1 Comment

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“For medical research to truly benefit the patients, it’s important that we have also research oriented medical doctors”

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COE, Finnish Cancer Registry, Genetics, People, Sequencingcancer, cancer research, colorectal cancer, doctors, medicine, PhD, University of Helsinki

Let’s Meet: Tuomo Hartonen – Decoding Gene Regulation in Cancer

July 8, 2019July 8, 2019alondon

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Coding in Python programming language. Pexels.com

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Analysis tools, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genetics, People, UncategorizedBioinformatics, cancer research, computional biology, disease, genetic data, genome, neural networks

Blood, sweat, and tears: Liquid Biopsies at the Frontiers of Personalized Medicine

June 5, 2019September 5, 2019alondon

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A liquid biopsy requires only 5-10mL of blood to be taken from a patient. Photo by Amornthep Srina (pexels.com)

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Analysis tools, Clinical Trials, Computational Biology, Uncategorizedcancer research, cancer therapy, computional biology, ctDNA, liquid biopsies, prostate cancer
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Genes aren't the only part of chromosomes that can change in cancer cells. Doctoral researcher Joonas Uusi-Mäkelä (Nykter Lab) shares some recent results about how chromatin compactness, or accessibility, also changes in prostate cancer.tumorgenetics.blog/2025/04/10/r...

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