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A new study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center finds that, in healthy women, some breast ...

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A new study finds that, in healthy women, some breast cells that otherwise appear normal may contain chromosome abnormalities typically associated with invasive breast cancer. The findings question ...

A new study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center finds that, in healthy women, some breast ...

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Department of Molecular Biology, Kyushu University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan ...

Chromosomes are cellular structures that contain the genetic material. A chromosome is comprised of a single DNA molecule that may be either circular or linear. The full complement of a cell s ...