• Question: can cancer be past down throw genes?

    Asked by 558dagk32 to Katherine on 9 Nov 2017.
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      Katherine Benson answered on 9 Nov 2017:

      Yes, some types of cancer can be passed down through our genes. The most famous example of this is a type of breast cancer that can be caused by mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes.

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