![UNC Lineberger’s Gaorav P. Gupta, MD, PhD, and Wanjuan Feng, PhD, postdoctoral associate at UNC Lineberger, were corresponding and first authors (respectively) of a publication in Nature Communications.](https://www.med.unc.edu/biochem/wp-content/uploads/sites/795/2019/10/Grupta-story-photo-9.2019.jpg)
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Scientists implicate genes behind faulty DNA repair in breast cancer
While mutations in BRCA genes are well known to increase breast cancer risk, researchers from the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have uncovered a different series of genes they believe might be contributing to breast cancer through a lesser-known mechanism.