by Wei Liu, Ph.D. | Sep 11, 2018 | Blog
Month: September 2018 FollowFollowFollow Genome-wide next-generation of sequencing (NGS), such as whole genome sequencing (WGS) and whole exome sequencing (WES) has been used for germline and somatic mutation studies. However, due to the high cost and turnaround time,...
by Wei Liu, Ph.D. | Aug 22, 2018 | Blog
Month: August 2018 FollowFollowFollow Colorectal cancer (CRC), including colon and rectum cancer, is the third most common cancer in the world and the third in the US as well. American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates that there are 97,220 and 43,030 new cases in 2018...
by Wei Liu, Ph.D. | Aug 7, 2018 | Blog
Month: August 2018 FollowFollowFollow When mutated, oncogenes can convert normal cells to cancer cells. BRAF is one of the oncogenes that controls transduction of chemical signal from outside the cells to nucleus. As a member of the RAS/MAPK pathway, the BRAF gene...
