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Gene Defined

An organised sequence of bases on a chromosome that "spells out" the information necessary to construct a specific protein using the genetic code. Every cell contains thousands of genes that act as blueprints to produce proteins that are essential to the cell's function.

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Is It In Your Genes?

Published October 10, 2008, 9:10 pm, The Tampa Tribune

Know your risk for breast cancer (and what you can do about it).

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Reliance Life Sciences launches India's first portal for breast cancer genomics

Published October 10, 2008, 7:50 pm, PharmaBiz

The Molecular Medicine Group of Reliance Life Sciences has developed a portal, to help the medical fraternity predict familial and/or early on-set breast cancer in Indian women.

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Key Proteins In Blood Stem Cell Replication Pinpointed

Published October 10, 2008, 6:25 pm, Science Daily

A discovery from Stanford researchers is the first to directly link the notorious members of the retinoblastoma family of proteins to the cellular production factories responsible for churning out all the blood and immune cells in the body.

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New Findings May Improve Treatment Of Inherited Breast Cancer

Published October 10, 2008, 6:24 pm, Science Daily

Scientists have identified some of the elusive downstream molecules that play a critical role in the development and progression of familial breast cancer. The research also identifies a compound found in grapes and red wine as an excellent candidate for treatment of some forms of breast cancer.

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Pink progress

Published October 10, 2008, 5:00 pm, The Daily Sentinel

The future of breast cancer treatment is changing.

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On the trail of a targeted therapy for blood cancers

Published October 10, 2008, 10:22 am, PhysOrg

Investigators from the Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine are focusing on a family of blood proteins that they hope holds a key to decreasing the toxic effects of chemotherapy in children and adults.

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On the trail of a targeted therapy for blood cancers

Published October 10, 2008, 8:44 am, EurekAlert!

( Indiana University ) Indiana University School of Medicine researchers are focusing on a family of blood proteins that they hope holds a key to decreasing the toxic effects of chemotherapy in children and adults. Their findings may one day help in the development of targeted therapies for leukemia, multiple myeloma and other cancers of the blood.

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New Findings May Improve Treatment Of Inherited Breast Cancer

Published October 10, 2008, 6:07 am, Medical News Today

Scientists have identified some of the elusive downstream molecules that play a critical role in the development and progression of familial breast cancer. The research, published by Cell Press in the October 10th issue of the journal Molecular Cell, also identifies a compound found in grapes and red wine as an excellent candidate for treatment of some forms of breast cancer.

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Grapes, red wine may help in treating familial breast cancer

Published October 10, 2008, 3:32 am, New Kerala

Washington, Oct 10 : Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified a compound found in grapes and red wine as an excellent candidate for treatment of inherited breast cancer.

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Stanford Scientists Pinpoint Key Proteins In Blood Stem Cell Replication

Published October 10, 2008, 3:19 am, BioresearchOnline

A family of cancer-fighting molecules helps blood stem cells in mice decide when and how to divide, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Blocking the molecules' function spurs the normally resting cells to begin proliferating strangely - making too much of one kind of cell and not enough of another

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