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ACLU Files Case Challenging Patents on Breast Cancer Genes

Joanna Rudnick | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joanna Rudnick, Mark Skolnick, Brca1, Breast Cancer, Genetics, Brca2, Aclu, Breast Cancer Treatment, Breast Cancer Gene, Patents, Myriad, Politics News
Joanna Rudnick

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

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Breast Cancer Risk and the Dirty Air We Breathe

Frances Beinecke | Posted 06.05.2009 | Green

Read More: California Air Pollution, Breast Cancer, Diesel, Air Pollution, Smog, Breast Cancer Gene, Health, Pahs, Green News
Frances Beinecke

There are also over 200 chemicals in air pollution -- called PAHs -- that may also lead to cancer, including cancer of the breast.

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Study: Family History Can Trump Breast Cancer Gene Test

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 12.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Breast Cancer Family History, Breast Cancer Study, Breast Cancer, Personal Health, Women's Health, Breast Cancer Gene, Breast Cancer Causes, Living News

WASHINGTON — If breast cancer runs in the family, women can be at high risk even if they test free of the disease's most common gene mutations, ...

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the BRCA Genes

Lauren Cahn | Posted 11.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Health, Breast Cancer, Susan G. Komen, Breast Cancer Gene, Race for the Cure, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Breast Cancer Mastectomy, Brca, Living News
Lauren Cahn

Before I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002, I used to hate Breast Cancer Awareness Month for another reason entirely.

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First Baby To Be Born Guaranteed Free From Hereditary Breast Cancer

Times Online | Sarah-Kate Templeton | Posted 07.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Breast Cancer Baby, Baby Guaranteed Breast Cancer Free, Hereditary Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Gene, Living News

A woman has conceived Britain's first baby guaranteed to be free from hereditary breast cancer. Doctors screened out from the woman's embryos an inhe...

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