Accompanying Figure to the Latest Work on Breast Cancer/BRCA1 (IMAGE)

US Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs

Accompanying Figure to the Latest Work on Breast Cancer/BRCA1

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The figure shows mammary glands from 4-month-old mice carrying a mutation in the BRCA1 gene. Blocking the RANKL/RANK system leads to largely normal mammary glands (right) whereas malignant changes and carcinomas could be found in the control group (left).

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