The Cancer Genome - Challenge and Promise

This lecture from the iBioSeminars project is presented by J. Michael Bishop of the University of California, San Francisco. It presents how the sequencing of cancer genomes will advance the study and management of cancer on various fronts, including the discovery of causes, the improvement of early detection, the prediction of outcome and the development of new therapeutics. Bishop stresses the promise of designing therapeutics that can be targeted to those patients most likely to benefit from these drugs. This video is the second of three, running 40:54 minutes and can be downloaded in QuickTime, MP4, M4V, or PDF formats. It can also be streamed on iTunes or YouTube.