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A new generation of cancer therapeutics is on the horizon thanks to fresh light being shed on how genes are switched on and off.

Cancer Research UK is the world's leading independent charity dedicated to cancer research, spending around £300 million a year on world-class research to beat cancer. In November 2008, the charity launched a five-year plan to focus research on core areas of science that will have the greatest impact on reducing cancer deaths, with an emphasis on cancers that have poor survival rates.

How do cells become equipped to generate a whole new organism?