Thoughts on sequencing genome chains
I used to dabble in the BAC-to-BAC method back in high-school after I stumbled onto some information that “fell into my hands” from the DOE Joint Genome Institute. Lately, I’ve been using the shotgun sequencing method which is a lot less time consuming. Progress is slower then I’d like though, sucks how our genome is made up of roughly 3.5 billion bases. Currently, I’m learning about comparative genomic hybridization and I think it’s great because it will help me identify and precisely locate genetic alterations that contribute to cancer. If it wasn’t for my stupid senior thesis, I could spend more time to find new ways to manipulate chromosomal data to counteract the replication of cancer cells. B-skewl is such a waste of time. I think if I had enough time... maybe like 300 years... I could probably find a way to kill all cancer cells without damaging any healthy cells.

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