YODOSHA:About The Series　Series The Future of Cancer Genomics　Special interviews at Washington University School of Medicine

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　Our Journal, Experimental Medicine, has been interested in recent dramatic developments in cancer genomics. In 2008, a group of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine (WashU) published a landmark paper reporting the whole-genome sequencing of an AML patient (Ley,T.J. et al.: Nature, 456 : 66-72, 2008). Their results have made a great impact on genome science and cancer research and have also brought up a lot of questions. What changes did this study make in the general landscape of cancer genomics? How will it affect the future of cancer genomics and medicine?

　To address these questions and know what is going on at the cutting-edge front of cancer genomics, we decided to travel to St. Louis and had three exclusive interviews with the authors of the paper, Drs. Richard Wilson, Elaine Mardis, and Timothy Ley, at WashU in July 2009. The interviews were extremely successful, and they all told us exciting details of their studies and their visions and opinions on the recent advances and the future of cancer genomics.

Here, we are very pleased to share with you these exclusive interviews of three remarkable scientists with their permissions. Japanese-translated versions of their interviews have been published in three consecutive issues, from October through December in 2009, in Experimental Medicine, and a set of video clips from each interview are brought to you through the links below. You are cordially invited to download them for free. We hope you will fully enjoy our exclusive interviews of the cutting-edge cancer genomics.

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	Vol. 1 Milestones for the Next-Generation Cancer Genomics Richard K. Wilson, Ph.D. Director of the Genome Center Washington University School of Medicine [Oct 13th, 2009]
	Vol. 2 The Impact of New-Generation Genome Sequencing Technologies Elaine R. Mardis, Ph.D. Co-Director of the Genome Center Washington University School of Medicine [Nov 17th, 2009]
	Vol. 3 Seeking for the Holy Grail of Cancer Genome and Translating It into Personalized Medicine Timothy J. Ley, M.D. Professor of Department of Medicine / Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine [Dec 8th, 2009]