Mutations in the BRCA1 gene that are either inherited (germline) or acquired (somatic) might not be key to the initiation of prostate cancer, as previously thought, suggests the first study of its ...

What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes.

People inherit two copies of each gene — one from each parent — an evolutionary fail-safe to ensure survival even when one of them doesn’t function. Likely not, according to the findings of a new ...

Carla Peoples thought her symptoms were due to another problem, but was shocked to be diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She ...

University of Oregon biologists have uncovered a mechanism by which a well-known breast cancer gene also influences fertility. Mutations in the BRCA1 gene sharply increase a person's risk of ...

A study led by Harvard Medical School researchers shed new light on how even a single defective copy of the tumor-suppressor BRCA1 gene can increase patients’ risk of developing breast cancer.

People inherit two copies of each gene - one from each parent - an evolutionary fail-safe to ensure survival even when one of them doesn't function. For cancer-suppressor genes like BRCA1, researchers ...

In this video, I share my experience of discovering I carry the BRCA1 gene, prompted by my mum’s history with breast cancer. I talk about taking the genetic test myself, the steps that led to my ...

Devin Sidell wanted to make a movie about her experience having a preventative double mastectomy after her mother was ...

When Mary-Claire King embarked on a painstaking 17-year-long hunt for a gene linked to breast cancer, she had no inkling that its discovery would be saving lives some three decades later. King, an ...