Your body has trillions of cells. But a gene mutation in just one of them could prove fatal.
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Academic Doctor & Bioinformatics Engineer. MD PhD, University of Cambridge
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Researcher, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge
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Postdoctoral researcher, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Senior Lecturer in Bioinformatics, Biostatistics and Cancer Research, University of East Anglia
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Epidemiology, The University of Queensland
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Senior Research Officer, Blood Cells and Blood Cancer, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
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Senior Research Officer, Blood Cells and Blood Cancer Division, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)