BRIP1 (BRCA1 Interacting Protein C‐Terminal Helicase 1), is a Fanconi anemia gene (FANCJ) (Litman et al., 2005) that functions in DNA damage repair (Bridge, Vandenberg, Franklin, & Hiom, 2005; Litman et al., 2005). This evidence concerns the gene BRIP1 and Fanconi anemia.