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First reported 46 mins ago - Updated 46 mins ago - 1 reports

Natural Resources Defense Council

Has science outgrown patents?

Is it right to patent human genes? Both sides in a US law case have sound legal and policy arguments in their favour. But maybe neither is wrong, writes David Galloway.A legal tussle in the US Supreme Court over who can own gene patents like the breast ... [Published ABC Online - 46 mins ago]

Entities: Patent, Myriad Genetics Inc, Molecular Genetics, Natural Resources Defense Council

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 1 hour ago - 24 reports

N.J. woman says Angelina Jolie’s mastectomy message wrong

Movie star Angelina Jolie, who recently underwent a preventative double mastectomy, got blasted by an outspoken New Jersey teacher with a strong family history of breast cancer.“It upset me,” Debbie Gentile-Abbood said in a NYPost.com article, of her ... [Published NewJerseyNewsroom.com - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Angelina Jolie, mastectomy, Breast Cancer, Double Mastectomy

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

Classifications within Molecular Subtypes Enables Identification of BRCA1/BRCA2 Mutation Carriers by RNA Tumor Profiling

by Martin J. Larsen, Torben A. Kruse, Qihua Tan, Anne-Vibeke Lænkholm, Martin Bak, Anne E. Lykkesfeldt, Kristina P. Sørensen, Thomas v. O. Hansen, Bent Ejlertsen, Anne-Marie Gerdes, Mads ThomassenPathogenic germline mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 are detected ... [Published Elites TV - 6 hours ago]

Entities: BRCA1, Tumor, BRCA2, RNA

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Angelina Jolie

The Gene Test Question

| Angelina Jolie announced drastic action this week--a preventive double mastectomy after learning that she carries a faulty copy of BRCA1. But this type of action isn't available to all women, thanks to the high costs of gene tests. ... [Published Bio-IT World - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Preventive Double Mastectomy, BRCA1, Angelina Jolie

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

A molecular explanation for age-related fertility decline in women

Scientists supported by the National Institutes of Health have a new theory as to why a woman's fertility declines after her mid-30s. They also suggest an approach that might help slow the process, enhancing and prolonging fertility.They found that, as ... [Published WebWire - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Oocyte, Fertility, BRCA1

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 17 hours ago - 2 reports

Man gets Prostrate removed

Brit becomes first in world to have prostate removed due to faulty geneA British businessman at risk of prostate cancer has become the first in the world to have the organ removedThe 53-year-old, who has not been identified, discovered that he was carrying ... [Published Canadian Content - May 20 2013]

Entities: Prostate Cancer, Prostate, BRCA2, BRCA1

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 2 reports

Micromedic kit addresses need highlighted by Angelina Jolie

Micromedic unit Bio-Gene is developing a kit to identify carriers of mutations of BRCA gene who are at increased risk of developing breast and/or ovarian cancer.21 May 13 13:06, Globes' correspondentTechnology being developed by Micromedic Technologies ... [Published Globes - 18 hours ago]

Entities: mutations, BRCA1, Angelina Jolie, BRCA2, Ovarian Cancer

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 20 reports

Tokyo hospital ready to conduct mastectomy to prevent cancer

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A hospital in Tokyo said Monday it is ready to conduct mastectomy procedures to prevent breast cancer and that several women have undergone such surgery at the hospital in the past after they developed cancer in one breast.St. Luke's ... [Published MAINICHI Daily News - May 21 2013]

Entities: Breast Cancer, mastectomy, Genetic Screening, Cancer

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 8 reports

Angelina Jolie backlash grows as everyday moms blast elitist double mastectomy as affordable only by ultra rich

by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor(NaturalNews) Angelina Jolie's bizarre announcement that she had has turned into a PR nightmare. Not only has Natural News revealed the hidden agenda of so they can reap trillions in profits from genetic ... [Published Natural News - May 20 2013]

Entities: Angelina Jolie, Double Mastectomy, BRCA2, BRCA1, Cancer

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

Angelina Jolie Mom Biopic Casts Angie As Her Own Mother [Report]

A biopic of Angelina Jolie’s mom, Marcheline Bertrand, is reportedly in the works with Jolie signed on to play her own mother.According to various U.K. reports , a biopic of the life of Bertrand is being made, and Jolie is working on the project with ... [Published Inquisitr - May 20 2013]

Entities: Angelina Jolie, Marcheline Bertrand, BRCA1, Ovarian Cancer

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

ASCP Members Rally Around Breast and Ovarian Cancer Awareness

The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) set out to raise $5,000 for Bright Pink$, the organization that empowers young women to be proactive with their breast and ovarian health, by the end of 2012. Thanks to its members, ASCP raised more than ... [Published Bio-Medicine - May 20 2013]

Entities: Ovarian Cancer, BRCA1, Double Mastectomy

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 3 reports

Angelina Jolie copied by men! Surgeons now cutting out healthy prostate glands of men who carry BRCA gene

by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor(NaturalNews) Beyond merely inspiring women to cut off healthy breasts just because they carry the BRCA1 gene, Angelina Jolie also seems to be inspiring men to remove some of their own reproductive organs ... [Published Natural News - May 20 2013]

Entities: Prostate, Surgeon, Angelina Jolie, Gland

Quotes

...a mastectomy was not easy," she wrote in her opinion piece titled, “My Medical Choice,” which excerpts of it were published by the Huffington Post. "But it is one I am very happy that I made. My chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 percent to under 5 percent. I can tell my children that they don’t need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer."

N.J. woman says Angelina Jolie’s mastectomy message wrong [Published NewJerseyNewsroom.com - 1 hour ago]

"People with health insurance don’t face delays and can have their procedures when they want it and where they want it" Kelleigh says

Health insurer applauds Angelina Jolie's decision [Published Voxy.co.nz - 1 hour ago]

"What if there were other labs doing this?" she wondered in a telephone conversation. "Would Eileen have been given the full test? And would you and I not be having this conversation?"

Angelina Jolie, the Supreme Court and the case of the patented genes: Ruth Marcus [Published Oregonian - 3 hours ago]

...recently used the breast-on-a-chip model as a basis to discuss how models to study breast cancer risk should be designed in an article titled "Building risk-on-a-chip models to improve breast cancer risk assessment and prevention" published in the journal Integrative Biology. Lelivre is co-chair of the upcoming fourth in Beirut, Lebanon, this October

Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy highlights need for advances in cancer prevention, not just tr ... [Published Health Canal - 8 hours ago]

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MD Anderson Receives $50 Million for Cancer Res... [Published The Foundation Center - 29 mins ago]
Breast Cancer in Women Under 40 [Published BC Living - 43 mins ago]
Has science outgrown patents? [Published ABC Online - 46 mins ago]
N.J. woman says Angelina Jolie’s mastectomy mes... [Published NewJerseyNewsroom.com - 1 hour ago]
Health insurer applauds Angelina Jolie's decision [Published Voxy.co.nz - 1 hour ago]
Angelina Jolie, the Supreme Court and the case ... [Published Oregonian - 3 hours ago]
Scotland expands breast cancer predictive genet... [Published PHG Foundation - 4 hours ago]
Viewpoint: Cancer scare doesn’t have to end in ... [Published Powell River Peak - 4 hours ago]
Classifications within Molecular Subtypes Enabl... [Published Elites TV - 6 hours ago]
In case U missed it - Angelina's Surprising Con... [Published Jamaica Observer - 7 hours ago]
Opinion: For those facing breast cancer testing... [Published North Jersey.com - 7 hours ago]
Genetics counsellor says test that prompted Ang... [Published Sault Star Online - 7 hours ago]
The Gene Test Question [Published Bio-IT World - 8 hours ago]
Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy highlights n... [Published Health Canal - 8 hours ago]
Check yourself [Published Global Times - 8 hours ago]
Angelina makes a bold, intelligent move [Published Deccan Herald - 9 hours ago]
Going public with private news [Published Drug Discovery News - 9 hours ago]
Deputy sends Angelina Jolie Malatya apricots as... [Published Turkish Daily - 9 hours ago]
Free webinar to learn how to evaluate news abou... [Published Examiner.com - 10 hours ago]
Lyda Hill Commits $50 Million to Moon Shots Pro... [Published Newswise - 11 hours ago]
Making sense of Angelina Jolie’s revelation [Published The Hindu - 12 hours ago]
Brad Pitt cried over letter to Angelina -21 May... [Published Virgin Media - 12 hours ago]
Take your health into your own hands [Published Norwalk Citizen News - 12 hours ago]
Angelina Jolie: targeting cancer [Published Stylist Magazine - 13 hours ago]
Brett Blumenthal: Angelina Jolie: Genetics or L... [Published Huffington Post - 13 hours ago]
Q & A on cancer gene testing [Published CNN - 13 hours ago]
Student nurse's ambition to help others in memo... [Published Manchester Evening News - 13 hours ago]
Harrow doctor praises Angelina Jolie [Published Harrow Observer - 13 hours ago]
Preventative mastectomies unnecessary for some ... [Published Biz Community - 14 hours ago]
A molecular explanation for age-related fertili... [Published WebWire - 14 hours ago]

Blogs

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Who Benefits from Genetic Disease Testing? Poss... [Published Hit & Run - May 20 2013] As all the world knows, actress Angelina Jolie had her breasts cut off as wayto prevent breast cancer that she was very likely to get some day.Jolie took action after a genetic test revealed that she carried avariant of the BRCA 1 gene that boosted ...
Robert Klitzman, M.D.: Angelina Jolie, Doctors,... [Published The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - May 20 2013] Angelina Jolie's openness about her decision to undergo mastectomies because of the BRCA1 mutation can help inspire countless women to face this difficult decision. Yet several obstacles exist that deserve attention, concerning doctors and costs of testing. ...
Angelina Jolie, radical strategies for cancer p... [Published Science-Based Medicine - May 20 2013] I had been debating whether to blog about Angelina Jolie’s announcement last week in a New York Times editorial entitled My Medical Choice that she had undergone bilateral prophylactic mastectomy because she had been discovered to have a mutation in ...
How Cheap Genetic Testing Complicates Cancer Sc... [Published TechCrunch - May 19 2013] Sometimes, more medical information is a bad thing. The influential United States Preventive Services Task Force recommends against most women getting genetic screenings for their susceptibility to breast cancer. Why? Because the tests are imperfect: ...
How Cheap Genetic Testing Complicates Cancer Sc... [Published TechCrunch Europe - May 19 2013] Sometimes, more medical information is a bad thing. The influential United States Preventive Services Task Force recommends against most women getting genetic screenings for their susceptibility to breast cancer. Why? Because the tests are imperfect: ...

Press Releases

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Loma Linda University Medical Center Urges Wome... [Published Business Wire - May 17 2013]
PA Breast Cancer Coalition Applauds Brave Annou... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - May 14 2013]
PA BREAST CANCER COALITION APPLAUDS BRAVE ANNOU... [Published CisionWire - English - May 14 2013]
Synta Announces First Patients Treated in Pivot... [Published Business Wire - Apr 22 2013]
Life Technologies Launches Two Ion AmpliSeq™ Co... [Published PR Newswire: Health - Apr 02 2013]