Researchers have identified faults in two genes, FANCC and BLM, in six families. Faults in these genes appear to increase the risk of developing breast cancer. Both these genes work in a similar way as BRCA1 and BRCA2, and this highlights the importance of these functions in preventing breast cancer.

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- Clinical Utility of Gene Expression Profiling Data for Clinical Decision-Making Regarding Adjuvant Therapy in Early Stage, Node-Negative Breast Cancer: A Case Report
- Simultaneous SNP Identification and Assessment of Allele-Specific Bias From ChIP-Seq Data
- High-Throughput Sequencing and Characterisation of the Small RNA Transcriptome Reveal Features of Novel and Conserved MicroRNAs in Panax ginseng
- Linking Disease Associations With Regulatory Information in the Human Genome

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