US genetic study to feed back results to participants
The All of Us study, which aims to sequence one million genomes in the USA, run by the National Institutes of Health, has announced it will inform participants of any health-related findings...
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Breast cancer
A cancer that forms in tissues of the breast. Breast cancers occur in both women and men, although male breast cancer is rare.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
First baby born in England following ovarian tissue graft
A baby has been born in England for the first time to a mother who had tissue from her ovary removed before breast cancer treatment, and then had it regrafted back on again...
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.
Algorithm predicts ovarian cancer in BRCA1/2 carriers within NHS
A screening tool for women with BRCA1 or 2 variants identifies ovarian cancers at an earlier stage, and reduces the need for expensive cancer therapies...
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.
Fertility preservation does not worsen breast cancer outcomes
A large study has shown that women with breast cancer who undergo fertility preservation are no more at risk of disease recurrence or death than those who do not...
Image by Christoph Bock/Max Planck Institute for Informatics via Wikimedia Commons. Depicts a DNA molecule that is methylated on both strands on the centre cytosine.
Epigenetic test of cervical and vaginal cells detects endometrial cancers
Researchers have developed a simple test that could be used to screen women with suspected endometrial cancer and reduce the need for more invasive diagnostic methods...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
TV Review: DNA Family Secrets – Series two, episode six
The scope of DNA and genetic testing can be an extremely complicated and difficult topic for the average person without a scientific degree to understand. It has become much more accessible since genomic sequencing became cheaper and genetic testing is now deployed in a wide range of health settings...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Pregnancy after breast cancer treatment does not increase risk of recurrence
Women who have children after having breast cancer are not risking their survival, a new study has shown...
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.
Only a fraction of BRCA1 mutations cause cancer
Hundreds of inherited mutations to BRCA1, a high-risk susceptibility gene for breast and ovarian cancer, have been shown to be harmless...