Thirty years after the sequencing of the BRCA1 cancer-associated gene, access to genetic tests and awareness about its risks ...

The tests can be ordered online and completed at home, by taking a sample of saliva and sending it off to a laboratory. Everyone carries BRCA genes, which repair DNA damage and usually help to ...

BRCA mutations are inextricably linked with breasts, but they can also lead to cancer in the pancreas, the prostate, and maybe more parts of the body.

23&Me, for instance, only tests for 44 genetic variants in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, which suggest a proneness to breast ...

“It’s a branding problem,” Colin Pritchard, a professor of laboratory medicine ... t always aware of BRCA-screening recommendations for men. Many men who do test for a BRCA mutation report ...

Figure 1: Deletion of exon 11 of Brca1 from mouse germ line ... 60 based on the protocol recommended by the manufacturer (Tel-Test B). We prepared PolyA+ RNA using a kit purchased from Pharmacia.