New genetic risks to breast cancer discovered
Five new genetic variants have been discovered which, in combination, raise the risk of developing breast cancer by 16 per cent, according to a new study in Nature Genetics...
Dr Tamara Hirsch was previously a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme. She is currently a medical writer at BioScience Communications. Previously, she obtained her PhD from Proximagen and the Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Group within King's College London's Institute of Pharmaceutical Science. Her research, conducted under the auspices of a studentship funded by the Medical Research Council as part of its Industrial Cooperative Awards in Science and Engineering programme, focused on treatment interventions for Parkinson's disease. In 2011, a project she developed with her fellow BioNews Volunteer Writer Mehmet Fidanboylu won the East of England regional round of the Biotechnology Young Entrepreneurs Scheme, organised jointly by the University of Nottingham's Institute for Enterprise and Innovation and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council's Business and Innovation Unit. Previously, she studied Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of Manchester.
Five new genetic variants have been discovered which, in combination, raise the risk of developing breast cancer by 16 per cent, according to a new study in Nature Genetics...
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