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Breast cancer gene

David S. Huen smh1008 at cus.cam.ac.uk
Mon Sep 19 04:30:51 EST 1994


In article <pj.37.2E77FEC2 at anat.uct.ac.za>, pj at anat.uct.ac.za (Pierre
Janssens) wrote:

> Does anyone have more detail about the gene for a form of breast cancer 
> that has apparently been found? (This info from a local newspaper)
> 
> Thanks,
> Pierre
> 
> 
> 
> ***************************************
> M.P. Janssens
> Dept. of Human Genetics
> University of Cape Town Medical School
> Observatory 7925
> South Africa
> 
> Tel +27 21 406 6506
> Fax +27 21 47 7703
> Email: pj at anat.uct.ac.za
> ***************************************

In fact the coming issue of Science will report both cloning of BRCA1 and
linkage mapping of BRCA2 to ch. 13. Expect News and Views article on it in
Nature imminently.

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David S. Huen                        Phone: (0223) 333921
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Dept. of Pathology                   e-mail: smh1008 at cus.cam.ac.uk
University of Cambridge
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United Kingdom



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