Authors showed elevated(3-fold) spans fatty acid synthase (FAS) levelsin myoma-affected tissue compared to matchedmyometrial tissue by tissue microarray immunohistochemistry.FAS represents the initial myomarisk allele identified in white women by a genomewide,unbiased approach and opens a path to managementand potential therapeutic intervention.Heritage is also suggested to be a possible reasonof the racial differences (10). The gene discussed is FASN; the disease is benign muscle neoplasm.