Scientists Crack the Code to Tamoxifen Resistance. Hospital trials.
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The scientists in use microarray technology (genomic technology) to interpret a genomic map of where oestrogen receptor interacts with the genome. The oestrogen receptor was found to interact with unexpected areas in the genome, which were then identified as the ‘switches’ for gene regulation. This provided sensitivity into how oestrogen receptor worked.



