by Chloe Nordquist <\/p>\n
azfamily.com <\/p>\n
Posted on October 3, 2014 at 3:03 PM <\/p>\n
Updated today at 3:03 PM <\/p>\n
PHOENIX -- Phoenix Children's Hospital has announced its partnership with the Chan Soon-Shiong Institute of Molecular Medicine that will help children with cancer with more precision. <\/p>\n
The new Chan Soon-Shiong Children's Precision Medicine Institute will combine genomics research and new genomic technology to identify treatments and cures for young patients facing cancer or other serious illnesses. <\/p>\n
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong's vision is to apply genomics to fight cancer and other disorders. <\/p>\n
\"When you get cancer, one of the problems is that cancer has thousands and thousands of mutations,\" Soon-Shiong said. \"So what we need to do, we take the DNA and through our supercomputer find the mutation that is the one driving this cancer so we can know what drug to give you.\" <\/p>\n
The trial and repeat diagnosis method of treating cancer will be more accurate with the new database. <\/p>\n
The treatment will be chosen based on proteins within the cancer cells and not the DNA itself. <\/p>\n
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