Monday, May 28, 2007

New Breast Cancer Genes Discovered

Scientists have developed a new technique to identify genes that increase the chance of women developing breast cancer. The hope is that a single blood test will reveal a woman's risk of getting the disease. Researchers say the new technique speeds up gene identification and could mean finding all the genes associated with breast cancer. This development is hugely significant.Two years ago scientists found two genes responsible for breast cancer. Now that they know these search methods are effective, they think that many more breast cancer genes can be found. Wouldn't that be great?

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