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When is a clone not a clone? When it’s a mosaic. For the last decade or so, progressive cancer treatments involved taking samples of tumors, testing the cells to determine the genetic makeup, and then prescribing medicines targeted to specific mutations. There are many benefits to this approach, but it doesn’t always work. It turns out that tumors aren’t uniform; they are mosaics of cells that… ...

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