New pathway for stalling BRCA tumor growth revealed

IMAGE: Chromosomes are fusing together at their telomere ends when DNA repair has gone awry. view more Inhibiting the action of a particular enzyme dramatically slows the growth of tumor cells tied to BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic mutations which, in turn, are closely tied to breast and ovarian cancers, according to researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center.

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