Scientists discover scaramanga gene's bond with breast cancer
5th Sep 2005, 15:16 GMT
Breakthrough Breast Cancer today announce that UK scientists have discovered that a gene - named after the James Bond villain Scaramanga - can trigger the development of breasts. This has important implications for breast cancer, as reported in the journal Genes and Development.
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