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Rutgers finds new way to personalize treatments for prostate cancer

Scienmag

Researchers uncovered new protein markers that could help predict risk of metastasis Rutgers researchers have discovered human gene markers that work together to cause metastatic prostate cancer – cancer that spreads beyond the prostate.

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How to find marker genes in cell clusters

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Based on their gene activity, they can be sorted into clusters. But which genes are particularly characteristic of a given cluster, i.e. what are its “marker genes”? The thousands of cells in a biological sample are all different and can be analyzed individually, cell by cell.

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