Researchers worldwide are banding together in a collaborative effort to combat one of the world’s leading killers—cancer. The massive project, which has been dubbed the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC), will study 50 different types of cancer, mapping their genetic coding errors. Their goal is to release the data collected, along with any new discoveries “rapidly and freely” to cancer researchers around the globe. Scientists worldwide are being encouraged to take part in what has been referred to as an “ambitious international endeavor.”