The scientists will now begin work to look at exactly how the gene defect affects fibroid growth.

BBC: Gene defects have been linked to fibroids

For example, some studies have shown that 80 percent of all black women suffer from some form of fibroid disease.

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They suggest a metabolic "glitch" may be at the root of fibroid development, and could help understanding of the condition.

BBC: Gene defects have been linked to fibroids

She's controlling a million-dollar ultrasound machine that is heating up and destroying jelly-bean-size sections of a fibroid tumor that has caused the patient in the next room serious discomfort for ten years.

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