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In a new study, the international collaborators analyzed the genomes of more than 48,000 individual breast cells from women without cancer, using novel techniques for decoding the genes of single cells.

"A cancer researcher or oncologist seeing the genomic picture of these normal breast tissue cells would classify them as invasive breast cancer," Navin said.

All cells within an organism contain the same genes, but which genes are expressed at any given time is what determines each cell's identity and function.

Its natural anticancer properties, found to inhibit some types of cancer cells in a dish, potentially offer an additional benefit.

Severe malaria is caused by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which infects and modifies red blood cells.