It’s becoming increasingly clear cancer is a disease rooted in our genes. But figuring out how our genes control cancer is a mystery that is still very much unresolved.
However, recent advances in DNA sequencing technology are helping us piece the clues together – and the more we find out, the closer we get to better treatments.
So how exactly does that technology work, and how is it helping? To answer that question we have to go back to where it all began.