Polygence Scholar2024
Ananya Lall
Class of 2024Foster City, CA
About
Hello! My name is Ananya and my Polygence project is on the correlation between BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations and Stage 4 Metastatic breast cancer. After my project is complete, I would like to continue to pursue the causes behind these unsolvable issues in college.Projects
- "Do patients who inherited a BRCA1 mutation have a increased likelihood of developing metastatic breast cancer compared to breast cancer patients who did not inherit BRCA1 mutation?" with mentor Joshua (Feb. 2, 2024)
Ananya's Symposium Presentation
Project Portfolio
Do patients who inherited a BRCA1 mutation have a increased likelihood of developing metastatic breast cancer compared to breast cancer patients who did not inherit BRCA1 mutation?
Started July 7, 2023
Abstract or project description
Ananya will research whether a specific heritable cancer mutation alters the likelihood of a cancer metastasizing. We are still narrowing down the specific mutation and cancer type as we identify which particular cancer types will include sufficient publicly available data for this analysis. From there we will analyze both the underlying biology of the mutation and the potential role it could play in metastasis. We will then analyze public data on metastasis and gene mutations to test this hypothesis. We may round out the project with recommendations on genetic testing or counseling potentially based on the results of the research.