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Personalised Medicine: The Way of the Future?

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Why second study is discouraging<br />

• Single tumour found to have many<br />

different genetic mutations at different<br />

locations.<br />

• Two-thirds <strong>of</strong> genetic faults identified<br />

not repeated in same tumour, let alone<br />

in o<strong>the</strong>rs metastasized through body.<br />

• If pharmacogenetic drug targets one<br />

mutation, it may not work on o<strong>the</strong>rs.

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