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cancer gene

American  

noun

  1. oncogene.


Etymology

Origin of cancer gene

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

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The research team first studied patients who are at a high risk of developing breast or ovarian cancers because they inherit a faulty copy of the cancer gene -- BRCA2 -- from their parents.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2024

In pancreatic cancer, Dr. Jaffee explained, the first change in normal cells on the path to malignancy almost always is a mutation in a well-known cancer gene, KRAS.

From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2022

A dangerous breast cancer gene mutation changed my life.

From Washington Post • May 6, 2022

So after watching her 45-year-old mom struggle recently with a second round of breast cancer and knowing her mom carried the breast cancer gene BRCA-2, Rosales decided to be tested for the gene herself.

From Washington Times • Oct. 24, 2020

His laboratory pressed ahead with pioneering work developing gene therapy vectors and made key discoveries about cancer-causing genes such as the breast cancer gene BRCA1.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 26, 2018

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