JUNE 2013
The 37-year-old actress revealed that she carries the BRCA1 gene mutation, which gives her an 87% risk of developing breast cancer. She doesn’t have cancer yet, but like many women with breast cancer mutations, she had the surgery to lower her risk. While radical, her decision to pre-empt any future cancer is backed by studies.
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- Pathway Analysis of Genome-Wide Data Improves Warfarin Dose Prediction
- Phase-Defined Complete Sequencing of the HLA Genes by Next-Generation Sequencing
- Whole-Genome Sequences of Streptococcus tigurinus Type Strain AZ_3a and S. tigurinus 1366, a Strain Causing Prosthetic Joint Infection
- Targeted Exome Sequencing Identified Novel USH2A Mutations in Usher Syndrome Families
- Genomic Analysis of Diffuse Pediatric Low-Grade Gliomas Identifies Recurrent Oncogenic Truncating Rearrangements in the Transcription Factor MYBL1
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