DNA mapping for thousands of cancer patients
Up to 100,000 patients with cancer and rare diseases in England are to have their entire genetic code sequenced.
Downing Street says a database of genetic sequences and profiles will be built, so that doctors can better understand patients' illnesses and develop new treatments.
Fergus Walsh reports.
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