BRCA database now holds data on 6200 variants
After one year of existence, the BRCA Share database has released details on its progress in collating information on variants of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes...
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Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Myriad: Patients seek right to access personal genetic information
Myriad Genetics has been hit by a complaint filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of four patients who are seeking a right of access to all their genetic information held by the company...
No benefit from expanding cancer-risk gene test beyond the essentials
Adding more genes to existing multi-gene panels that test for breast and ovarian cancer risk offers little clinical benefit, a study says...
BRCA1 mutation linked to reduced egg reserves
Women with a mutation in the breast-cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1 may have reduced numbers of eggs left in their ovaries, according to a study led by Australian scientists...
Video Review: TED talk - Should you be able to patent a human gene?
Tania Simoncelli's narrates the story of the successful legal challenge against Myriad Genetics' BRCA patents, but may have missed an opportunity to consider the broader impact of gene patenting...
Genetics company launches huge open-access database
Genetic-testing company Ambry Genetics has launched a huge database of cancer-patient genetics, freely available to the public...
More young women with cancer having BRCA testing
More than 95 percent of younger women diagnosed with early-onset breast cancer are opting for genetic testing, a study has found...
Sure Genomics offers direct-to-consumer whole-genome sequencing
US start-up company Sure Genomics has launched the first whole-genome testing service available directly to consumers, for a cost of $2500...
New gene mutation linked to ovarian cancer
Scientists have identified a mutation in the gene BRIP1 that triples a woman's risk of ovarian cancer...
BRCA1 link to Alzheimer's disease
Scientists have identified a link between the product of the BRCA1 gene, variants which can cause breast and ovarian cancer, and Alzheimer's disease...