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Researchers have identified genetic markers linked with a woman's breast size
Posted by:
Lloydster
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Date: July 26, 2012 02:26PM
Researchers have identified seven genetic markers linked with a woman's breast size, according to a new study.
While it's was known that breast size is in part heritable, the study is the first to find specific genetic factors that are associated with differences in breast size, the researchers said.
In addition, two of these markers have previously been associated with breast cancer risk. This suggests some of the same biological pathways underlie both normal breast growth and breast cancer, said study researcher Nicholas Eriksson, of 23andMe, the genetic testing company that conducted the study.
The study alone does not provide enough evidence to link breast size to breast cancer. But it may contribute to a better understanding of the role that breast structure plays in breast cancer risk, the researchers said.
In the study, Eriksson and colleagues analyzed information from 16,175 female customers of European ancestry, and compared their answers to survey questions, including bra cup size and bra band size, to their genetic information.
While breast density is known to be a risk factor for breast cancer, the effect of breast size is less clear. A few previous studies have found that larger breast size is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer in lean women.
The new study was published online June 30 in the journal BMC Medical Genetics.
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/07/05/genes-for-breast-size-found/#ixzz21kpZeZNm
I could be wrong but I'm right 99% of the time
While it's was known that breast size is in part heritable, the study is the first to find specific genetic factors that are associated with differences in breast size, the researchers said.
In addition, two of these markers have previously been associated with breast cancer risk. This suggests some of the same biological pathways underlie both normal breast growth and breast cancer, said study researcher Nicholas Eriksson, of 23andMe, the genetic testing company that conducted the study.
The study alone does not provide enough evidence to link breast size to breast cancer. But it may contribute to a better understanding of the role that breast structure plays in breast cancer risk, the researchers said.
In the study, Eriksson and colleagues analyzed information from 16,175 female customers of European ancestry, and compared their answers to survey questions, including bra cup size and bra band size, to their genetic information.
While breast density is known to be a risk factor for breast cancer, the effect of breast size is less clear. A few previous studies have found that larger breast size is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer in lean women.
The new study was published online June 30 in the journal BMC Medical Genetics.
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/07/05/genes-for-breast-size-found/#ixzz21kpZeZNm
I could be wrong but I'm right 99% of the time
Re: Researchers have identified genetic markers linked with a woman's breast size
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Date: July 26, 2012 02:27PM
Finally something useful from genetic scientists.
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Re: Researchers have identified genetic markers linked with a woman's breast size
Posted by:
Ralph Pootawn
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Date: July 26, 2012 03:19PM
TAKE IT OFF
Re: Researchers have identified genetic markers linked with a woman's breast size
Posted by:
eesh
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Date: July 26, 2012 03:26PM
With eugenics, we can have women with F cup breasts in two generations.
Re: Researchers have identified genetic markers linked with a woman's breast size
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Small Sweater Bumps
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Date: July 26, 2012 03:30PM
My Mom is 50 and is a DD. I'm 27 and a B. I said something to her a few years ago about why I didn't get bigger boobs and she laughed and said she'd had them done...
Information I could've used when I was 12...ya' know? Christ...
Information I could've used when I was 12...ya' know? Christ...
Re: Researchers have identified genetic markers linked with a woman's breast size
Posted by:
eesh
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Date: July 26, 2012 03:34PM
Small Sweater Bumps Wrote:
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> My Mom is 50 and is a DD. I'm 27 and a B. I said
> something to her a few years ago about why I
> didn't get bigger boobs and she laughed and said
> she'd had them done...
How long ago was her implant surgery? Do implants have an expiration date?
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> My Mom is 50 and is a DD. I'm 27 and a B. I said
> something to her a few years ago about why I
> didn't get bigger boobs and she laughed and said
> she'd had them done...
How long ago was her implant surgery? Do implants have an expiration date?
Re: Researchers have identified genetic markers linked with a woman's breast size
Posted by:
Ralph Pootawn
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Date: July 26, 2012 03:35PM
Small Sweater Bumps Wrote:
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> My Mom is 50 and is a DD. I'm 27 and a B. I said
> something to her a few years ago about why I
> didn't get bigger boobs and she laughed and said
> she'd had them done...
>
> Information I could've used when I was 12...ya'
> know? Christ...
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> My Mom is 50 and is a DD. I'm 27 and a B. I said
> something to her a few years ago about why I
> didn't get bigger boobs and she laughed and said
> she'd had them done...
>
> Information I could've used when I was 12...ya'
> know? Christ...
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