Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Lung Cancer Gene

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1727161,00.html?cnn=yes

This is a link to an article talking about a gene that is linked to lung cancer in smokers.  Very interesting, surprisingly a lot of smokers never develop lung cancer, this gene located on chromosome 15 seems to have a lot to do with. Granted smoking is unhealthy no matter what, this could be a good way to determine if you have a higher chance of developing lung cancer.  If they can identify a person with this gene maybe that will help them to quit.

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