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Health Related Forums => Health News and Events => Topic started by: Abdullahi! on February 09, 2008, 10:39:03 PM
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Scientists in the UK say they have detected four new genes believed to be involved in the development of breast cancer.
Researchers at the University of Cambridge, narrowed down the search for the genes, that could provide a basis for new treatments for the disease, by examining tissue from 53 breast cancer tumors and cells grown in the laboratory.
Professor Carlos Caldas, who headed the research team, says by using the latest in DNA technology, they have been able to pinpoint four new genes likely to be involved in the development of breast cancer.
Apparently most breast cancers are caused by damage to genes during a women's lifetime, and inherited mutations in genes called BRCA1 and BRCA2 are involved in cases of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.
Caldas says scientists have been trying to pinpoint the new genes for two decades, and only by using DNA microarray technology, have he and his team been able to analyze the expression of many genes at the same time and search for the breast cancer genes.
It is already indicated by early results that tumors with multiple copies of the genes are more aggressive.
To read the full story click here (http://www.news-medical.net/?id=12267)
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Since you talking about breast cancer , i know it can be inherited as well, would you advice a young girl whom her mother was recently diagnosed with that illness to go for a scan and do some check up , or she has to wait certain age , as far i consider Breast Cancer Mostly starts from the age of 25 . What would you advice her?