Thursday, August 27, 2009

Myeloma Genome Sequencing

The Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium has completed the sequencing of the first multiple myeloma whole genomes, which researchers will use to identify potential targets for treatments.

The Multiple Myeloma Genomics Initiative was started by the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation and is being conducted in collaboration with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and the Translational Genomics Research Institute. The initiative is a comprehensive genomic analysis program aimed at gaining knowledge about the disease's biology in an effort to speed up the progress for treatments.

The MMRC, which has a total of 15 member institutions, has now begun analyzing data from the project, and additional genomes are being sequenced, MMRF said.

The Norwalk, Conn.-based foundation is also developing a portal to make the data from the myeloma genomics program available to researchers.

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