[ Your Name ] would like to inform you about this article on Complexity Digest 2007.48 - 08.02 http://comdig.unam.mx/index.php?id_issue=2007.48#28945 14-Dec-2007 [ Your Message ] PDF files of our annual editions are available at http://www.comdig.de/AnnualEditions.html A letter from Gottfried Mayer to our readers and friends is at http://www.comdig.de/GMLetter.html Breast Cancer Spread by Blocking Tumor-Killing Gene, Study Says, Bloomberg.com Excerpts: One of the most drug-resistant forms of breast cancer is caused by a cellular mutation that destroys a tumor-fighting gene, researchers said. Women carrying a defective copy of the BRCA1 gene have up to an 80 percent lifetime risk of developing the disease, doctors have found. Scientists now say they've uncovered the process that makes this form of breast cancer so hard to stop. Source: Breast Cancer Spread by Blocking Tumor-Killing Gene, Study Says[ http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aYwzc.iLgtg4&refer=news ], Lisa Rapaport, Bloomberg.com, 07/12/09 You can discuss this article on Articles Forum http://comdig.unam.mx/topic.php?id_article=28945