In the fight for a cure for breast cancer, BRCA1 and BRCA2 get a lot of attention, but many people don’t understand how these genes’ mutations affect their risk of developing the disease.BRCA1 and BRCA2 (short for BReast CAncer 1 and 2) are human genes that produce tumor-suppressor proteins, according to the National Institutes of Health. These proteins help repair damaged DNA and play a role in cell growth and cell division.These are genes we all have in [...]
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