A cancer that forms in tissues of the breast. Breast cancers occur in both women and men, although male breast cancer is rare.
Researchers in the USA have found that following a healthy lifestyle can reduce the risk of developing breast cancer among certain women with a strong genetic disposition to the condition...
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...
Genetic-testing company Ambry Genetics has launched a huge database of cancer-patient genetics, freely available to the public...
More than 95 percent of younger women diagnosed with early-onset breast cancer are opting for genetic testing, a study has found...
The prolific and popular 'Stuff You Should Know' podcast takes us down the pub to talk personalised medicine...
Scientists have identified a mutation in the gene BRIP1 that triples a woman's risk of ovarian cancer...
Scientists have identified a link between the product of the BRCA1 gene, variants which can cause breast and ovarian cancer, and Alzheimer's disease...
A substantial proportion of childhood cancers are caused by mutations in genes that are known to cause cancer in adults, scientists have found...
A San Francisco judge has ruled that the frozen embryos of a divorced couple should be destroyed, despite the protests of the ex-wife...
Genetic testing company 23andMe is relaunching its direct-to-consumer genetic tests in the USA, after receiving approval from the US Food and Drug Administration...
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