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Mary-Claire King (born February 27, 1946) is an American geneticist. She was the first to show that breast cancer can be inherited due to mutations in the gene she called BRCA1. She studies human genetics and is particularly interested in genetic heterogeneity and complex traits.
Mary-Claire King (Chicago, Estados Unidos, 27 de fevereiro de 1946) é uma geneticista com pesquisas fundamentais sobre origem genética do câncer de mama e, principalmente, na descoberta do gene BRCA1. É professora na Universidade de Washington, onde estuda genética e a interação da genética e as influências ambientais em ...
Inherited breast and ovarian cancer. We are interested in understanding the genetic bases of inherited predisposition to breast, ovarian, prostate, and pancreatic cancer.
This month I am covering the life and career of Dr. Mary-Claire King, a distinguished scientist who has applied her talents to the good of humanity, and provides a clear ideal of what it means to truly impact society through research.
Mary-Claire King, Ph.D. Discovering the Hereditary Breast Cancer Gene. Research Area: Cancer Prevention. Long before scientists completed mapping the human genome in 2003, geneticist Mary-Claire King discovered BRCA1, the first gene for a hereditary form of breast cancer.
9 de fev. de 2015 · Mary-Claire King discovered BRCA1, the so-called breast cancer gene, and now believes every woman should be tested.
Mary-Claire King, PhD, is the American Cancer Society Professor at the University of Washington, Seattle. She was the first to show that breast cancer is inherited in some families because of mutations in the gene that she named BRCA1.
