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Researchers Identify Function of SNP in Breast Cancer Susceptibility
via The Spittoon by ErinC on May 07, 2008
Multiple studies have indicated that a SNP in the FGFR2 gene can increase the risk for breast cancer. Results published online this week in the open-access journal PLoS Biology show how.It turns out that the riskier version of this SNP increases the amount of the FGFR2 protein that is made by cells, which can stimulate cells to grow – and increases the chance that they will proliferate out of...
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And the Winner Is …
via The Spittoon by (author unknown) on May 13, 2008
Shared by mndoci Mike won. Why am I not surprised :)Could this be Lilly Mendel?The judges have met and a winner has been chosen.In the first 23andMe Win Your Genome Contest, the challenge was to describe Lilly Mendel – a real person whose data are presented in the 23andMe demo account – based on her genetic information alone. As we declared in the announcement of the contest, entries were...
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