New gene may provide breast cancer diagnostic marker
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 - 05:42
in Health & Medicine
In a research article published in this week's PLoS Medicine, Ann Killary (from the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) and colleagues describe a new gene called DEAR1 that is genetically altered by mutation and deletion in breast tumors, and that may provide a new breast cancer prognostic marker.
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