Professor Mike Stratton, director of the Sanger Institute, said: "Our discovery is a major advance."

桑格研究所麦克·斯特拉顿教授说我们这一发现是一个巨大的进步。

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BRCA2 was identified by Professor Mike Stratton and a team of scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, in 1995.

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Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute director Prof Mike Stratton said the results were "remarkable" and would "stand as a foundation stone for human biology for many years".

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Professor Mike Stratton, of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, said that insights into harmful genes on the X chromosome might allow scientists to intervene to prevent the onset of mental retardation.

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