A rare disease is any disease that affects a small percentage of the population, however a high percentage of population can be involved, in fact the World Health Organization (WHO) consider 7000 rare diseases, affecting 7% of the population.
L'Auditori Pompeu Fabra de la seu dels Enginyers Industrials Catalunya ha acollit el dimarts 11 de juliol un workshop gratuït organitzat per l'Associació Bioinformatics Barcelona (BIB) i el Col·legi Oficial d'Enginyeria en Informàtica de Catalunya (COEINF).
A team of researchers led by the lecturer Manel Esteller, ICREA researcher in the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of Barcelona, have characterized the complete epigenomes of the most common tumours, among which are the ones from colon cancer, lung cancer and breast cancer.