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Genetic database to fight disease

Pilot project serves up new uses for old drugs.

A vast database showing how human genes react to drugs and diseases could be used in a scheme to find new therapies. A pilot project has now proved that such a project could work and has already revealed potential drugs to fight cancer and other diseases.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on September 28, 2006 07:00 PM |

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