MEDICAL RESEARCH WEEK – PIN-POINTING CHANGES BEFORE CANCER TAKES HOLD

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie’s revelation about her double mastectomy has drawn world attention to a previously little-known genetic defect.
The so-called BRCA genes pre-dispose carriers to certain cancers… and while it may be the first many of us have heard of it, scientists in Newcastle have been studying the troublesome mutations for some time.
We continue our Medical Research Week series, we look at how researchers can now pin-point changes in the breast, before cancer takes hold.