The Role of Church is Fostering Racial Harmony

COVID-19 has taken center stage across the world. The United States of America battles the disease, but it is not the only fight the country is in right now. Keeping Americans safe remains a high priority for the newly elected political leaders. They have need to bridge the great racial divide. The politicians have an important and necessary role to play in addressing the race problem. But they cannot do it on their own. The church must be part of the conversation and the solution to this age-old race problem. The church is at crossroads. How it responds to race and race relations will significantly impact its fulfillment of the Great Commission. In God’s master plan of final redemption, there will gather before the throne of God worshippers from every nation, tribe, and people (Rev. 7:9). The challenge for the church today is to demonstrate how to love God and others amidst cultural differences. Loving God and others requires being intentional when engaging with fellow believers and non-believers. It is recognizing that God loves diversity, and He is the creator of all humanity. Christianity is not an exclusive club but rather a journey of walking with God through the curves and turns of life. It is modeling the heart of God when engaging with others. It is the church sharing and living the heart of God with every nation, tribe, and people

Patterns of somatic mutation in human cancer genomes

Cancers arise owing to mutations in a subset of genes that confer growth advantage. The availability of the human genome sequence led us to propose that systematic resequencing of cancer genomes for mutations would lead to the discovery of many additional cancer genes. Here we report more than 1,000 somatic mutations found in 274 megabases (Mb) of DNA corresponding to the coding exons of 518 protein kinase genes in 210 diverse human cancers. There was substantial variation in the number and pattern of mutations in individual cancers reflecting different exposures, DNA repair defects and cellular origins. Most somatic mutations are likely to be 'passengers' that do not contribute to oncogenesis. However, there was evidence for 'driver' mutations contributing to the development of the cancers studied in approximately 120 genes. Systematic sequencing of cancer genomes therefore reveals the evolutionary diversity of cancers and implicates a larger repertoire of cancer genes than previously anticipated. ©2007 Nature Publishing Group.link_to_subscribed_fulltex