An expert spoke with CURE® about the importance of information that can be gained from genetic testing for patients with breast cancer. Germline testing, or genetic testing of the DNA that a person ...
Young breast cancer survivors without a specific genetic mutation have a lower risk of developing second primary breast cancer within 10 years of diagnosis. Young patients that survived breast cancer ...
In the era of precision medicine, genomic interrogation for identification of both germline and somatic genetic alterations has become increasingly important. While such germline testing was usually ...
A Stanford Medicine study of thousands of breast cancers has found that inherited gene sequences may be powerful predictors of the breast cancer type that might develop decades later, and how deadly ...
An estimated 170,000 Australians were diagnosed with cancer in 2025. Many people know the causes of cancer are partly genetic. But how do your genes, which contribute so much of what makes you you, ...
The prevalence and spectrum of predisposing mutations among children and adolescents with cancer are largely unknown. Knowledge of such mutations may improve the understanding of tumorigenesis, direct ...
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How somatic mutations shape disease and reveal new drug targets
By Tarun Sai Lomte Scientists reveal how evolution within our own tissues can drive disease, protect cells, and uncover hidden therapeutic targets for future precision medicine. Somatic genomics ...
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Somatic and germline mutation rates covary linearly across ciliates and mammals, study finds
In a study published in Current Biology on August 14, Prof. Miao Wei's team at the Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Prof. Zhang Jianzhi's team at the University ...
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How gene mutations disrupt cell growth and trigger cancer?
Cancer begins when mutations in specific genes override the body’s built-in controls on cell division, allowing rogue cells ...
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