Genes that cause pancreatic cancer identified by new tool

(Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute) A new screening tool in mice can identify causes of cancer invisible to genetic sequencing. The technique, which works by introducing sections of DNA called piggyBac transposons into the mouse genome, has uncovered large sets of previously unknown pancreatic cancer genes. It is hoped that this study will boost research into a disease that is still poorly understood and for which five-year survival rates have stood at around 5 percent for four decades.