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After learning that she had inherited a mutation on one of the so-called breast cancer genes, actress Angelina Jolie decided to have a double mastectomy to reduce her risk of developing breast cancer.

Main Category: Pediatrics / Children's Health Also Included In: Seniors / Aging ; Genetics Article Date: 20 May 2013 - 0:00 PDT "This study is a breakthrough for our research group after years of work.

Main Category: Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Also Included In: Genetics ; Muscular Dystrophy / ALS ; Neurology / Neuroscience Article Date: 20 May 2013 - 0:00 PDT Northwestern University scientists have shown a gene involved in neurodegenerative disease also plays a critical role in the proper function of the circadian clock.

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 double mastectomy.

A novel study reports that white men and women of European descent inherit common foot disorders, such as bunions and lesser toe deformities, including hammer or claw toe.

THE US Supreme Court recently began deliberations in a case that highlights a deeply problematic issue concerning intellectual property rights.

A Scottish breast cancer charity has called for the same genetic testing criteria to be in place north and south of the border.

"There is something rotten in Denmark." That is a centuries-old phrase from William Shakespeare's "Hamlet." The Danish have smelled fishy ever since.

If you're worried about your chances of developing breast cancer, this doesn't mean you have to go under the knife like actress Angelina Jolie.

If you underwent a genetic test for a heart condition, but the test also revealed that you have a high risk of colon cancer, would you want to know? A respected scientific society says your doctor should tell you, but the group is receiving criticism for its recommendation that "incidental findings" of genetic tests be shared with patients.

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Following recent revelations of how Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy P.R. stunt feeds into the profits of the trillion dollar industry which claims to own human genes, Natural News is now calling on Jolie to publicly denounce patents on human genes , including the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes she has now made famous.

Actress Angelina Jolie announced Tuesday that she had a double mastectomy after learning she had a genetic mutation that predisposes for breast cancer .

Even geniuses make mistakes, and sometimes those mistakes turn out to be genius in their own right, helping to illuminate some underlying mystery or impacting the way an entire field thinks.

"I think it is wonderful and courageous of her to be going public" says director of medical genetics department at J'lem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

Earlier this week the actress revealed that she underwent a preventative double mastectomy after she tested positive for a gene that indicates an increased risk for breast and ovarian cancer.

This is my Daddy and he's an Apteryx owenii, a member of the ratite group, who looks after me for 4 weeks until I grow up and become a big little spotted kiwi; Credit: A© Rogan Colbourne When we think of the 5 species of kiwi, the smaller species such as the little spotted kiwi could easily escape our attention.

EMILY BOURKE: The announcement by Hollywood star Angelina Jolie, that she had a double mastectomy has shone a light on breast cancer and preventative treatments for the disease.

Angelina Jolie wrote a heartfelt column, "My Medial Choice" for the New York Times Tuesday, detailing her decision to undergo a preventative double mastectomy at age 37.

Albert Erives, associate professor in the University of Iowa Department of Biology, and his graduate student, Justin Crocker, currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia Farm Research Campus, have conducted a study that reveals important and useful insights into how and why developmental genes often take ... (more)