Studies have estimated that five to ten percent of breast cancer cases in the United States are linked to inherited mutations, the most common of which are changes in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes. Defects in those genes significantly increase a woman's chance of getting breast cancer. Aiming to help unlock the mysteries of that critical genetic pathway is Bing Xia, PhD, a scientist at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), who was just awarded $1.
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