Monthly Archives: May 2022

Evidence for reduced BRCA2 functional activity in Homo sapiens after divergence from the chimpanzee-human last common ancestor

Link to article https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/pdfExtended/S2211-1247(22)00535-6 Memorial Sloan Kettering Statement BRCA mutations have been implicated in pancreatic cancer, as well as breast and ovarian cancers.  Dr. Iacobuzio-Donahue and her colleagues traced the BRCA2 gene back to the chimpanzee-human last common ancestor in … Read more