The presence of LMO4 in a complex containing the binding partners Ldb1, CtIP and the familial breast cancer tumour suppressor BRCA1 provides further compelling evidence for LMO4 playing a significant role in breast cancer pathogenesis [21], and activating mutations might be predicted to occur in some tumours and even in the germline of some patients. The gene discussed is RBBP8; the disease is breast carcinoma.