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Team Finds Breast Cancer Gene Linked To Disease Spread

physorg.com — A team of researchers at Princeton University and The Cancer Institute of New Jersey has identified a long-sought gene that is fatefully switched on in 30 to 40 percent of all breast cancer patients, spreading the disease, resisting traditional chemotherapies and eventually leading to death.

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  • DarkCloud515, on 01/06/2009, -0/+2By the time 2035 comes around, we'll be able to "23andMe" all major types of illnesses.

    I would love to know if I'm at a higher risk for anything in the future.
  • bb112266, on 01/06/2009, -1/+2This is why "socialized medicine" can be very dangerous in the United States of America. The USA is the leading country that does this extensive and wonderful research on cures for all diseases. I personally would rather continue to pay the high prices of medicine then to see all this wonderful research go down the toilet.
  • comfortssimple, on 01/07/2009, -0/+1hard to believe.
  • Hilyin, on 01/06/2009, -0/+1Ah crap. I am allergic to cabbage. :(
  • immatellyouwhat, on 01/06/2009, -2/+2I am so relieved , my girlfriend who I plan to marry has had every woman in her family have breast cancer and she is so afraid of getting it also. At least if she does ( pray she doesn't ) there is hope.
  • surfwiz7, on 01/12/2009, -0/+0I think Cancer research is missing the point They don't stress the causes of Cancer. It's poor diet and toxic environments
    If you are going to poison your body with fake food and chemicals it seems crazy to find a cure for living an unhealthy life style. If it comes in a box, a can, a jar or a bag of process chemicals. DON"T EAT IT! Our bodies were designed to eat raw organic food period. Everything else causes bad health.
  • Sethbacca, on 01/06/2009, -2/+1Yes, but as we Men rule the world, and we Men also love boobies. We Men love to save boobies for the world!!!!!!
  • coolheader90, on 01/06/2009, -1/+0So hopefully this means breast cancers are a preventable and curable disease in the future.
  • fallentree, on 01/06/2009, -4/+1Buried because people care more about breast cancer than any other cancer when other cancers are more deadly. All while ignoring the fact that in countries such as Japan where they eat far less dairy the breast cancer rate is much lower. I invite the genetic argument because the trend doesn't hold true for Japanese people living in this country.

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