Researchers have discovered a new breast cancer gene that’s overly active in 30 to 40 percent of women with the disease. The high percentage makes the malfunctioning of this gene, called I-kappa-B kinase epsilon (IKBKE), one of the most widespread genetic traits among breast cancer patients, says William C. Hahn, coleader of the research team at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Mass.
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