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RSSResearchers in the United States have isolated a set of four genes closely linked to the growth of breast cancer cells and their spread to the lungs, according to a study released on Wednesday.
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Kimberly Doheny, lab director at the Center for Inherited Disease Research at Johns Hopkins University, poses next to a DNA scanner, Friday, March 21, 2008, in Baltimore. The scanners, blue boxes each about twice as big as a desktop printer, will reveal...
