Gene known to repair DNA when mutated causes breast cancer :Scientists

Q.  Gene known for the ability to repair DNA when mutated causes breast cancer. What is this gene called?
- Published on 25 Mar 16

a. GC198
b. GB198
c. GT198
d. None of the above

ANSWER: GT198
 
It is now known that a gene with the ability to repair DNA when mutated instead causes breast cancer. Gene GT198 when mutated by nature or nurture factors can diagnose breast cancer early and serves as a new treatment target. Medical College of Georgia Augusta University said in a press release. The net effect is a tumorigenic environment filled with what scientists calls inappropriate offspring. "Here is a cause-consequence relationship," they opined.

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