Ribbon structure of the BRCA2 protein. Mutations in the BRCA2 gene are linked to increased risk of breast cancer. New work from UC Davis shows how individual BRCA2 proteins work to repair damaged DNA, ...

Akeega combines niraparib, a PARP inhibitor, and abiraterone acetate, a CYP17 inhibitor, into a single tablet for BRCA2-mutated mCSPC.

Mutation of the breast cancer susceptibility gene, BRCA2, leads to breast and ovarian cancers. Mechanistic insight into the functions of human BRCA2 has been limited by the difficulty of isolating ...

BRCA1 and BRCA2 are genes that help prevent tumors from growing. If you inherit a change, or mutation, in these genes, they stop doing their jobs, and cancer can develop. In the United States, about 1 ...

One of the biggest challenges in cancer treatment is chemoresistance: Tumors that initially respond well to chemotherapy become resistant over time. When that happens, treatment options are often ...

The structural integrity of DNA is continually being challenged due to the presence of physical and chemical carcinogens in our environment. In addition to DNA lesions caused by exogenous agents, DNA ...

The past decade has witnessed a rapid expansion of genetic tests, including new instruments to inform patients who have been diagnosed with breast cancer about the risk of recurrence and to guide ...

Oxidative stress is considered to contribute to the development of cancer. However, a recent study in Japan showed that oxidative stress may suppress rather than cause cancer development in ...

Sometimes the most stunning advances in science are based on a hunch that a dedicated investigator just can’t shake. That was the case with Mary-Claire King, professor of genome sciences and of ...

Court rules unanimously that Myriad Genetics "did not create anything." June 13, 2013 -- The Supreme Court ruled today that isolated human genes cannot be patented, a partial defeat for Myriad ...

"It's all about early detection," Mathew Knowles tells PEOPLE after battling breast cancer Mathew Knowles knows firsthand the power of early detection, which is why he urged his daughters, superstar ...

Researchers found that losing a second protein, FIGNL1, allows cancer cells missing BRCA2 to restore DNA repair by reloading RAD51 onto broken DNA strands. Normally, BRCA2 helps place RAD51 at DNA ...