Thursday, June 13, 2013

Bravo, Supreme Court!

A HUGE BRAVO to the Supreme Court for unanimously ruling that the Myriad Genetics' patents on the BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 genes are invalid. This will open the doors for more competition in testing for the cancer-related genetic mutations, which should in turn lower the costs for these tests, and make them more widely available for those who choose to be tested.
Yayyyyy.

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  1. Did you know that there's new research on the the brca gene for pancreatic and biliary duct cancers, too? And that's it's more common in Ashkenazi women?

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    1. i knew about the Askenazi link (being of Ashkenazi descent myself), but not about the link to pancreatic and biliary duct cancers...this gene mutation is nasty!

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