Multiple Regions Of Chromosome 8 Found To Be Associated With Different Cancers
Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 09:28
in Biology & Nature
A recently discovered, but not yet understood, section of chromosome 8, called 8q24, may contain at least five distinct regions that are associated with different cancers, according to a study in the June 24 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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