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Inherited mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 tumor suppressor genes are by far the most frequent contributors to hereditary cancer risk in the human population, often causing breast or ovarian cancer in young women of child-bearing age.
StemCells, Inc. announced today that it has entered into an agreement to sell ten million shares of its common stock to selected institutional investors at a price of $1.00 per share, which represents a 10% discount to the closing price per share of January 6. The offering is expected to close today, subject to customary closing conditions, and StemCells expects to receive net proceeds, after deducting offering expenses and fees, of approximately $9.4 million.
A groundbreaking study of couples led by Professor Eduardo Franco, Director of McGill University's Cancer Epidemiology Unit, in collaboration with a team of colleagues from McGill and Universit- de Montr-al/Centre Hospitalier de l'Universit- de Montr-al (CHUM), found more than half (56 per cent) of young adults in a new sexual relationship were infected with human papillomavirus (HPV).
Greenwich Hospital in Connecticut, affiliated with Yale University and Yale Medicine, is offering "Fertility Yoga" classes.
Researchers have developed a blood test that can diagnose depression in teens, a step they hope will lead to a better way to identify the disorder in young people. At present diagnosing depression depends entirely on a patient's willingness to report symptoms. For teens, the diagnosis is particularly challenging, given the natural emotional ups and downs of adolescence.
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