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Catherine Pearson

A Family History Of Breast Cancer May Not Seal Your Fate

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 01.08.2012

Dr. Christine Teal had never been flagged for suspicious lumps in her breasts, nor had she tested positive for mutations in the breast cancer suscepti...

Catherine Pearson

Women With BRCA Mutation Getting Cancer Earlier Than Their Mothers: Study

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 11.12.2011

For years, researchers have known that women with a harmful mutation in BRCA genes have an elevated risk for developing hereditary breast and ovarian ...

Do My Genetics Determine My Future?

Yael Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Yael Cohen

About 12 percent of all women will get breast cancer, but 60 percent of BRCA positive women will. Having a harmful BRCA 1 or 2 mutation increases your chances of getting breast cancer by five times.

Gene Patent Trial Begins: Biotech Researchers Sued Over Ownership Of Gene Discoveries

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — A judge on Tuesday weighed whether a lawsuit should proceed that seeks to invalidate a company's patents on two genes linked to an in...

ACLU Files Case Challenging Patents on Breast Cancer Genes

Joanna Rudnick | Posted 05.25.2011

Joanna Rudnick

Skolnick's answers surrounding the ethics and detrimental consequences of gene patenting were unsatisfying.

Newsflash: Breast Cancer Sucks, and You Can Die From It

Lauren Cahn | Posted 11.17.2011

Lauren Cahn

Maybe a reality check isn't something you want when you're being bombarded with "Breast Cancer Awareness" messages. After all, that would be kind of scary.

Breast Cancer Genes: New Strategies For Protecting Women

Dr. Rock Positano | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Rock Positano

Breast cancer is still very much alive. Over 200,000 women will be diagnosed and 41,000 women are expected to die from breast cancer in the US in 2007...