Far more mutations than thought involved in cancer
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A painstaking scan of the DNA of  tumor cells shows hundreds of previously unsuspected genes are  involved in cancer, researchers said on Wednesday in a finding  that offers new ways to fight the disease.
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When researchers at Brigham and Womenâs Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute discovered a cell mutation that leads to the most common type of leukemia, it was a huge breakthrough.
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The risk of breast cancer among women  carrying the well-known BRCA mutations is also affected by  other genes, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Extra copies of a certain gene found  in about a third of breast cancers may be responsible for their  unchecked growth and survival, researchers reported on  Thursday.
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A genetic mutation that raises the  risk of breast cancer is found in up to 60 percent of U.S.  women, making it the first truly common breast cancer  susceptibility gene, researchers reported on Sunday.
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Even distant relatives of cancer victims have a higher than average chance of suffering the disease themselves, researchers said. A study based in Iceland, where scientists have access to unique family tree
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Â· Sequencing may help tackle obesity and cancerÂ· Patients could have tests before having children
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A study conducted in Iceland indicates that your chances of getting certain types of cancer increase dramatically if someone in your family had the disease, including even a distant relative.
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Extra copies of a certain gene found in about a third of breast cancers may be responsible for their unchecked growth and survival, researchers reported on Thursday.
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Founder genetic mutation fingered US researchers have identified a married couple who sailed from England to the US in around 1630 as the bearers of a genetic mutation which puts their numerous descendants at higher risk of a hereditary form of colon cancer.â¦
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Certain genes are known to promote cancer, and one such &quot;oncogene&quot; called MYC is commonly activated in liver tumors. Researchers in California have now shown, in
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A new noninvasive method of genetic screening for colorectal cancer could encourage more people to regularly be tested for the disease.
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Two genetic mutations raise the risk of rheumatoid arthritis, one by as much as 87 percent, researchers reported on Wednesday in a discovery that sheds more light on a complex and baffling disease.
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Brain tumors, ovarian cancer and   lung cancer will be the first subjects in an ambitious project   to sequence all the genetic changes that lead to cancer, the   National Institutes of Health said on Wednesday.
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Dec. 10, 2004 -- A newly discovered gene mutation may make some people more vulnerable to depression. If confirmed by larger studies, the finding may shed new light on depression, which affects almost 19 million
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New research reveals that humans have only about 25,000 genes instead of the 100,000 originally guessed. Researchers scratch their heads. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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Researchers have discovered a genetic mutation that causes an aggressive form of childhood leukemia and said on Thursday it may mean that drugs being developed for Alzheimer&#39;s disease could also provide a better treatment for