Analysis: Latest news in breast cancer treatment and prevention

From: Talk of the Nation Science Friday (NPR) | Date: August 4, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

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Analysis: Latest news in breast cancer treatment and prevention

Host: JOE PALCA Time: 2:00-3:00 PM

JOE PALCA, host:

This is TALK OF THE NATION/SCIENCE FRIDAY. And I'm Joe Palca filling in for Ira Flatow.

Biomedical researchers like to say that this is one of the most exciting times ever for their field. New results are pouring forth from a variety of scientific areas, from genetics and genomics to cell biology and protein chemistry. And what makes these advances so exciting, of course, is their potential for curing many of our most dreaded diseases. Nowhere is the ...

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