after a five-member panel at the school alleged that he had tampered with data related to the antibody assay he developed to test how BRCA1 encodes a protein to repair DNA damage. His case is now ...

Even two women with the same cancer gene mutation—such as the 185delAG mutation of BRCA1 found in the Hispanic women featured in "The Secret of San Luis Valley"—may experience very different ...

In women with BRCA1 mutations, hormonal contraceptives were associated with a significantly higher risk for breast cancer in a dose-response relationship, researchers reported in an observational ...

When a breast cancer patient tests negative for progesterone receptors, estrogen receptors, and human epidermal growth ... mutations in breast cancer gene 1 (BRCA1) and breast cancer gene 2 ...

and because they also acquire chemotherapy resistance much like human tumours, these mice will hopefully be a useful tool for better understanding the biology and therapy of BRCA1-mutated basal ...

This ability is similar to the action of the first drugs approved to target BRCA1/2 deficient cancers ... RAD52 appears to be dispensable in normal human cells but essential for the survival ...