A research team from the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) has managed to characterize the complete epigenomes of the most frequent tumors, including those of colon, lung and breast cancer. «Our analysis has allowed us to get a first unbiased look at all the tumor cell methylomes in solid tumors» says group leader Dr. Manel Esteller, «but this is just the very beginning; all the obtained data is now publicly accessible and will allow new bioinformatic analyses that will surely provide us with more clues as to the origin and progression of these tumors.»
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