Tag Archives: genetic testing
Patents on BRCA genes ruled invalid
The ACLU has won the lawsuit against Myriad Laboratories re: their patenting of human BRCA1 & BRCA2 genes. “Today’s ruling is a victory for the free flow of ideas in scientific research,” said Chris Hansen, a staff attorney with the … Continue reading
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Results are in
& I do NOT have a BRCA mutation. Which is, yes, good news. Who wants to take me out for a martini? But my sense of emotional relief is tempered by the rational knowledge that this relief is largely artificial and unfounded, since I’ve already had f-ing cancer, … Continue reading
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Genetic testing in squares, circles, and small unmarked bills
I met with the genetic counselor yesterday–which had me imagining she would sit my DNA down in an upholstered chair, a box of tissues beside it, and try to coax it to talk about its childhood while she sat nodding, notebook … Continue reading
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It’s “Previvors,” preventative mastectomies & a battery of hypotheticals
Jenni Murray recently discussed preventative mastectomy on Woman’s Hour; you can listen here to her interviews with a genetic medicine consultant and a BRCA+ woman who had prophylactic bilateral mastectomies and runs a helpline for hereditary breast cancer. Only 8 1/2 minutes, and … Continue reading
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