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    Question

    What is aGBM

    Driver?
    A A surgical tool for brain and spinal cord cancer Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B A chemotherapy drug for glioblastoma Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C A computational tool for detecting cancer-causing tumors in the brain and spinal cord Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D A vaccine for preventing glioblastoma Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E A new type of cancer-causing mutation in glioblastoma Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras have developed a Machine Learning (ML)-based computational tool for better detection of cancer-causing tumours in the brain and spinal cord. The tool called aGBMDriver' (GlioBlastoma Mutiforme Drivers), was developed specifically to identify driver mutations and passenger mutations in glioblastoma.

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