 In 2008 , AML became the first cancer genome to be fully sequenced . DNA extracted from leukemic cells were compared to unaffected skin . The leukemic cells contained acquired mutations in several genes that had not previously been associated with the disease . 
 In 2008 , AML became the first cancer genome to be fully sequenced . DNA extracted from leukemic cells <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> compared to unaffected skin . The leukemic cells contained acquired mutations in several genes <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>had</mark></a> not previously been associated with <a href='None' title='4'><mark>the</mark></a><a href='negative_concord' title='5'><mark>disease</mark></a> . 
In 2008 , AML became the first cancer genome to be fully sequenced . DNA extracted from leukemic cells was compared to unaffected skin . da leukemic cells contained acquired mutations in several genes done not previously been associated with no disease .