Canadian researchers decode breast cancer DNA


	Canadian researchers decode breast cancer DNA

AcesLucky

10-8-2009 7:53 AM

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science, breast cancer, cancer

AcesLucky says:

Hot damn! This is real progress. Thank god for science!

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10-9-2009 5:11 PM

Oortcloud

Thank god for science!

Would that fall under the description of oxymoron?

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