Scientists have carried out the first ever genome scan for womb cancer and discovered a genetic region that reduces risk of the disease, according to a Cambridge study published in Nature Genetics on Sunday, 17 April.
Scientists at Strangeways Research Laboratory are leading the search for the ‘genetic cards’ that determine an individual’s risk of cancer.
Two new regions of the human genome linked to breast cancer have been found by an international team of scientists led by Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ researchers; one increases the risk while the other reduces the risk of developing breast cancer.
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