A study from University College London and the University of Innsbruck suggests women with the BRCA1 gene variant may be able to take mifepristone, an abortion drug, to slow down turnover in cells that increase risk of triple-negative breast cancer. See Sky News for the story...
Abortion drug may reduce risk of cancer for women with BRCA1 gene variant
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.

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