Thank you Angelina Jolie and Peggy Orenstein for speaking out
Today, actress and director Angelina Jolie wrote an op-ed in the New York Times about her decision to undergo a double mastectomy. She made that choice after discovering she carried a dangerous gene...
View ArticleDid you know BRCA (breast cancer) gene is owned by a corporation?
This week, news reports headlined that Angelina Jolie’s aunt died from breast cancer. Watching “Entertainment Tonight” yesterday, my husband and I saw graphs and images of Jolie’s maternal family tree...
View ArticleVictory for women in Supreme Court ruling against gene patenting
Finally, coverage of the Angelina Jolie breast cancer story/ BRCA gene shifts to a real issue. Here’s today’s New York Times: WASHINGTON — Isolated human genes may not be patented, the Supreme Court...
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