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NIH scientists identify molecular link between metabolism and breast cancer

2013-02-06 20:56:14| Biotech - Topix.net

A protein associated with conditions of metabolic imbalance, such as diabetes and obesity, may play a role in the development of aggressive forms of breast cancer, according to new findings by researchers at the National Cancer Institute , part of the National Institutes of Health, and their colleagues.

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Tanger Outlets makes 40K donation to fight breast cancer

2013-02-05 23:37:10| Real Estate - Topix.net

Shown with the donation check from Tanger Outllets to the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition are Vicky Cooke, DBCC executive director; Amy Norgate, general manager of Tanger Outlets in Rehoboth Beach; and Connie Holdridge, DBCC program manager for Survivorship & Education in Sussex County.

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SNPs Associated With Breast Cancer Risk Alter Binding Affinity For Pioneer Factor FOXA1

2013-01-27 17:05:57| Biotech - Topix.net

Dartmouth scientists showed that more than half of all the SNPs associated with breast cancer risk are located in distant regions and bound by FOXA1, a protein required for estrogen receptor-I function according to a paper published in the journal Nature Genetics .* Jason Moore, PhD, a Third Century Professor of genetics, director of the Institute ... (more)

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Ist DES Daughters trial begins as 4 sisters blame drug for their breast cancers

2013-01-09 21:11:03| Biotech - Topix.net

Athough the lawyer for Eli Lilly & Co. has stated that "there is no evidence the synthetic estrogen known as diethylstilbestrol, or DES, causes breast cancer in the daughters of women who took it," four sisters, Francine Melnick, Andrea Andrews, Donna McNeely and Michele Fecho, claiming that it was responsible for each of them getting breast cancer ... (more)

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