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UK tries out new model for gene testing in cancer patients
ReutersBy Kate Kelland LONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - Britain launched a research programme on Monday that should eventually allow all cancer patients to have access to the kind of genetic analysis that led Hollywood star Angelina Jolie to decide to undergo a...Tags: Angelina Jolie, Breast Cancer, Medical Specialization, Mastectomy, United Kingdom
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Jackson Lab Names Scientific Director For Farmington Location
The Hartford CourantA Harvard genetics expert has been named scientific director of the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine on the campus of the UConn Health Center, the company announced Monday. Charles Lee, who starts Aug. 1, is currently director of the molecular...Tags: Birth Defects, Harvard Medical School, Science and Technology, Biology, Autism
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Sisters increase awareness of hereditary breast cancer
Richmond Times-DispatchWhen tests showed that sisters Dina Reinhardt and Tracie Abrams both carried the breast cancer 1 gene mutation, significantly raising their risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers, both decided to have their breasts removed. Reinhardt, 36, married...Tags: Breast Cancer, Plastic Surgeons, Biology, Oncology, Healthcare Provider
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Healthcare for Angelina Jolie -- and everyone else [Blowback]
We applaud Times columnist Robin Abcarian for shining the light on the inequities in our healthcare system in response to Angelina Jolie’s recent announcement about her prophylactic mastectomy. When Jolie made her medical decision, she had at her...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Breast Cancer, Insurance, Plastic Surgeons, Health Care Reform (2009)
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Travis Stork of 'The Doctors'
As more people get their health information from TV and the Internet, it becomes crucial to have experts on the small screen who can provide accurate information. That's where Travis Stork, co-host of the TV show "The Doctors," comes in. Stork, an...
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If not born wild or mishandled, dollars add up
Nobody wants cattle with too much “attitude,” but it takes focused genetics and handling to improve docility in a herd. “We've always tried to be careful about selecting bulls for disposition,” says Roger Jones, of Tri-Tower Farm, near Shenandoah, Iowa....Tags: Medical Specialization, DOC: The Documentary Channel (tv network), Biology
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Multi-breed genetic evaluation grows with Gelbvieh
American Simmental Association (ASA) and the Red Angus Association of America (RAAA) are pleased to announce to beef industry stakeholders that their joint, multi-breed genetic evaluation (MBGE) now includes the data of the American Gelbvieh Association...Tags: Softball, Sports
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The Mount Airy News, N.C., Jessica Johnson column
The Mount Airy News, N.C.The human body contains an estimated 30,000 genes. We must pay over $3,000 to access some of the information in two of those genes, information that reveals our chance of dying of a terrible disease. BRCA1 and BRCA2 are two genes that can contain a...Tags: Breast Reconstruction, U.S. Supreme Court, Breast Cancer, Women's Health, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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Christopher Shinn's plays explore what victims do next
NEW YORK — David Mamet has his hustlers, Edward Albee his domestic warriors, Tony Kushner his brilliant self-flagellators. If playwright Christopher Shinn has a signature character, it is the manipulative victim — the half-sympathetic, half-...
Tags: Ewing's sarcoma, Lower East Side, Science and Technology, Iraq War (2003-2011), Biology
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Psychiatrists unveil their long-awaited diagnostic "bible"
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The long-awaited, controversial new edition of the bible of psychiatry can be characterized by many numbers: its 947 pages, its $199 price tag, its more than 300 maladies (from "dependent personality disorder" and "voyeuristic...Tags: Antihistamines, Anxiety, Science and Technology, Psychologists, Allergies
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Scientists create human stem cells through cloning
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - After more than 15 years of failures by scientists around the world and one outright fraud, biologists have finally created human stem cells by the same technique that produced Dolly the cloned sheep in 1996: They transplanted genetic...Tags: Research, Chemical Industry, Human Interest, Science and Technology, Parkinson's Disease
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Angelina Jolie's mastectomy news reverberates in South Florida
When Angelina Jolie announced Tuesday that she had both breasts removed to cut her risk of cancer, experts across South Florida predicted the Hollywood superstar saved more lives than her own. In the age of genetic testing, more women with cancer-...Tags: Breast Cancer, Religion and Belief, Insurance, Human Interest, Oncology
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