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New high-throughput method greatly expands view of how mutations impact cells

There are millions of mutations and other genetic variations in cancer. Understanding which of these mutations is an impactful tumor “driver” compared to an innocuous “passenger,” and what each of the drivers does to the cancer cell, however, has been a challenging undertaking. Many studies rely on bespoke, time-consuming, gene-specific approaches that provide one-dimensional views into a given mutation’s broader functional impacts. Alternatively, computational predictions can provide functional insights, but those findings must then be confirmed through experiments.

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