Girls, Breast Cancer, and the Science Fair - Making breast cancer breakthroughs.

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'Girls, Breast Cancer, and the Science Fair'

http://www.raisingjane.com/?p=57

And they say girls are losing interest in math and science.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-winners25nov25,1,7658605.story?coll=la-headlines-california&ctrack=1&cset=true">Read this L.A. Times story about two teenage cousins whose science project has reportedly
made some major inroads into the cause behind drug-resistant breast cancer.

Teenagers. Making cancer breakthroughs.

In their research/labwork, Sarah Waliany and Shelina Kurwa discovered a certain gene strand
that appears to cause resistance to Herceptin in breast cancer patients. They’re presenting
the project at the http://www.siemens-foundation.org/en/competition.htm">Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology in December.

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