“Within every cell in our body, two copies of a tumor suppressor gene called BRCA1 are tasked with regulating the speed at which cells divide.”
In this TED-Ed learn more Michael Windelspecht, learn more about how “these genes can sometimes mutate, making those cells less specialized and more likely to develop into cancer.”
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