Key information about breast cancer risk and development is found in 'junk' DNA
Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 17:31
in Health & Medicine
A new genetic biomarker that indicates an increased risk for developing breast cancer can be found in an individual's "junk" (non-coding) DNA, according to a new study featuring work from researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech and their colleagues.