Science Saturday: The Living Breast Biobank

Mayo Clinic ’s Living Breast Biobank has proved invaluable in a recent breakthrough study that demonstrates a novel mechanism through which female carriers of the BRCA1 gene may be at increased risk for breast cancer. According to the study, this is because the gene contributes to poorly organized divisions of mammary progenitor cells. “For the first time, it was possible to recreate various pathogenic BRCA1 mutations in a cell line and track living cells during their division to…
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - Category: Research Source Type: news