Research shows gene variations may predict risk of breast cancer in women
Saturday, May 3, 2008 - 11:28
in Health & Medicine
According to a recent study, led by Virginia Kaklamani, MD, an oncologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and assistant professor of medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, variations of the adiponectin gene, which regulates a number of metabolic processes, may increase a woman's risk of developing breast cancer...
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