Everything in life can be considered a marathon: motherhood, career, life. You name it, it’s probably a marathon. Cancer is a freaking marathon of the worst kind because it’s going to be years before you’ll see the finish line.
The FBN1 gene provides instructions for making a large protein called fibrillin-1. This protein is transported out of cells into the extracellular matrix, which is an intricate lattice of proteins and other molecules that forms in the spaces between cells.