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Johns Hopkins/USC Cancer Centers to Analyze Methylation Profiles in Cancers
By Trevor | October 18, 2006
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md, in a joint partnership with the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Southern California, has been selected as one of seven Cancer Genome Characterization Centers (CGCCs) by the National Cancer Institute. The two cancer centers will take up the task of detecting “changes in methylation profiles associated with transcribed genes in cancer samples.” The tumor types chosen to analyze for the 3-year, $100 million Cancer Genome Atlas Pilot Program are lung, brain (glioblastoma), and ovarian cancers.
- Additionally, SRA International Inc. of Fairfax, Va., has been selected to develop the Data Coordinating Center (DCC) for the TCGA Pilot Project. The DCC will track data produced by components of TCGA, ensuring that this data meets quality standards set for the project, and make TCGA data publicly accessible through databases supported by NCI’s Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG™) and the National Library of Medicine’s National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). The DCC will establish public data resources that scientists can use in their research to generate new insights into the causes and potential targets for interventions in cancer. Access to all TCGA data will be provided in a manner that meets the highest standards for protection and respect of the research participants. Link
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