Technical Name | DNA Repair in Precision Medicine | ||
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Project Operator | National Taiwan University | ||
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Summary | Precision medicine can be customized for cancer preventiontreatment in an individual. The most well-known example is the American actress, Angelina Jolie, who chose prophylactic surgery for cancer prevention after gene sequencing detected a mutation to a DNA repair gene like BRCA1. In addition, cancer cells with genetic mutations in DNA repair genes will be sensitive to specific drugs. Thus, |
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Industrial Applicability | - |
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