Stem cells may solve mystery of early pregnancy breast cancer protection
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - 12:43
in Health & Medicine
The answer to why an early pregnancy seems to protect against breast cancer could rest with a decrease in stem cells found after animals have given birth, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in a report that appears in the current issue of the journal Stem Cell.
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