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How a new fungal genome-editing tool could open fresh paths to cancer treatments

Researchers have spent decades—and billions of dollars—sequencing animal and crop genomes, but fungi have historically been the forgotten middle child of genomics, only noticed when they're ruining bread or colonizing toes.

How a new fungal genome-editing tool could open fresh paths to cancer treatments
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Researchers have spent decades—and billions of dollars—sequencing animal and crop genomes, but fungi have historically been the forgotten middle child of genomics, only noticed when they're ruining bread or colonizing toes.

Originally published at Phys.org

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