singular_me
7th April 2015, 06:48 PM
it was done for your own good... soon icelandic women will line up to have 'preventive surgeries'
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DNA of 'an entire nation' assessed
By James Gallagher Health editor, BBC News website
26 March 2015
The genetic code of "an entire nation" has effectively been deduced, say researchers in Iceland.
The feat was performed by combining DNA data with family trees.
The team say they could now find every woman at high-risk of breast cancer "at the touch of a button" and it would be "criminal" not to use the information...........
Mutations in the BRCA genes lead to a much higher lifetime risk of cancer and led the Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie to have her breasts and ovaries removed.
Dr Stefansson argued: "We could, in Iceland, at the push of a button find all women who carry mutations in the BRCA2 gene.
"This risk could basically be nullified by preventative mastectomies and ovariectomies. It would be criminal not to take advantage of it and I am convinced that my fellow countrymen will begin to use it pretty soon."
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-32024158
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DNA of 'an entire nation' assessed
By James Gallagher Health editor, BBC News website
26 March 2015
The genetic code of "an entire nation" has effectively been deduced, say researchers in Iceland.
The feat was performed by combining DNA data with family trees.
The team say they could now find every woman at high-risk of breast cancer "at the touch of a button" and it would be "criminal" not to use the information...........
Mutations in the BRCA genes lead to a much higher lifetime risk of cancer and led the Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie to have her breasts and ovaries removed.
Dr Stefansson argued: "We could, in Iceland, at the push of a button find all women who carry mutations in the BRCA2 gene.
"This risk could basically be nullified by preventative mastectomies and ovariectomies. It would be criminal not to take advantage of it and I am convinced that my fellow countrymen will begin to use it pretty soon."
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-32024158