Summary
According to the article “ DNA project ‘to make UK world genetic research leader’ “, written by James Gallacher, talks about a revolutionary research, which have been developed by Genomics England, in which scientist have been sequenced DNA codes of people with cancer or rare diseases. Using this research, the scientific can identify the specific mutation that causes a determined disease or tumor. Fifteen thousand families will participate of this project. As explained by Sir John Chisholm, executive chair of Genomics England, this project will make that chemotherapy would be replaced by therapies. Prof Jeremy Farrar, director in a world reference of genetics research, says that this study will transform the way how the diseases have been diagnosed and treated in all whole the word.
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Medicine has been developed so much. Scientists have been doing important discoveries around the world like this one that this article talks about. The most interesting in this research is that the diseases will be better comprehended and this will allow that the chemotherapy can be replaced by therapies. One big advantage for this change is because the therapies are less harmful in comparison with the chemotherapy. The chemotherapy is a strong process in which the person who has the disease receive so much radiation and it can cause a lot of collateral effects such as pains, infections and loss of hair. These effects happen because the person who has a disease is subjected to a high radiation dose. Replacing the chemotherapy by therapy will decrease the collateral effects once the therapy is one more specific treatment. Besides, it is less harmful, the therapy is also cheaper than the chemotherapy, what it is an important point because a lot of people who suffer with these diseases can not afford the expensive treatment that it requires.
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