Unlocking the breast cancer code.Scientists at New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City's Howard Hughes Medical Institute Howard Hughes Medical Institute, (HHMI), nonprofit medical research organization founded in 1953 by Howard Hughes and largly funded from proceeds of the 1984–85 sale of Hughes Aircraft. Headquartered in Chevy Chase, Md. have identified genes that some breast cancer cells cells once believed to be peculiar to cancers, but now know to be epithelial cells differing in no respect from those found elsewhere in the body, and distinguished only by peculiarity of location and grouping. See also: Cancer use to spread to other organs, opening the door for important research into new treatments. That's good news for many lesbians, who because of homophobia and other health care barriers are often diagnosed with breast cancer in its more advanced stages, said Kathleen DeBold, executive director of the Mautner Project for Lesbian Health, a national lesbian health advocacy The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. and educational organization. "Any promising treatment for this life-threatening disease would be a plus for our community," she added. |
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