With breast cancer, as with many common diseases, there is no obvious breakthrough on the horizon.
就乳腺癌来说,如同许多常见病一样,目前还看不到明显的突破。
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And even before that, they were linking particular genes to different diseases, finding all kinds of mutations that could lead to breast cancer and other ailments.
It also is increasingly used to weed out embryos at risk of genetic diseases — such as breast cancer — that could be treated, or that might not strike a person later in life.