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by spartango 4283 days ago
If you find the work in cancer interesting, it's worth looking into a few commercial outfits that are doing this type of testing:

* Genomic Health ($GHDX) with OncotypeDX

* Foundation Medicine ($FMI) with FoundationOne

Both of these companies have tests on the market that analyze tumor genomes (sequencing or microarray-based) and provide information to oncologists to better treat their patients. Information like drug efficacy and tumor aggressiveness (requiring chemo-/radiotherapy).