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Dr. Lawrence Brody is a senior investigator in NHGRI's Social and Behavioral Research Branch and director of NHGRI's Division of Genomics and Society. ​
… was among the first to report that women carrying BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations have a higher risk of developing … also discovered an unusually high frequency of specific BRCA1 mutations in the Jewish population. His team has … genes function in cells and determined that the normal BRCA1 protein regulates key effectors that control the G2/M …
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As researchers uncover millions of DNA differences in genes, doctors struggle to know which of these inherited differences, called variants, really matter.
… approaches available for them? For some genes, such as BRCA1 and BRCA2, scientists have strong evidence that …
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Dr. Joan Bailey-Wilson, who retired in September 2022, looks back on her 42-year career as a scientist and reflects on the rapid growth of the genomics field.
… risk modeling that led to Mary-Claire King discovering the BRCA1 gene. I also worked with Henry Lynch to find genes …
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Dr. Peter McGuire is an investigator in NHGRI's Center for Precision Health Research.
… S., Skolnick, M., Norton, L., and Goldgar, D. Germline BRCA1 185delAG mutations in Jewish women affected by breast …
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Dr. Bell is a senior investigator at the National Human Genome Research Institute's Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch.
… DM. BACH1, a novel helicase-like protein, interacts with BRCA1 and contributes to its biochemical and clinical …