Study of placenta unexpectedly leads to cancer gene

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - 13:14 in Health & Medicine

University of Rochester Medical Center scientists discovered a gene mutation that impairs the placenta and also is influential in cancer development, according to a study published online December 16, 2008, in the journal PLoS (Public Library of Science) Biology.

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