Tag: Peter Park

  • Health

    Estrogen a more powerful breast cancer culprit than we realized

    A Harvard Medical School study shows the sex hormone estrogen — thus far thought to be only a fuel for breast cancer growth — can directly cause tumor-driving genomic rearrangements.

    Breast scan image.
  • Health

    Detecting DNA defects

    A new algorithm designed by HMS scientists can be incorporated into standard genetic tests to successfully identify patients harboring a tumor-fueling DNA repair defect found in multiple cancers treatable with existing drugs.

    DNA strand and Cancer Cell