MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'breast cancer genes'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:00:33 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4125281&cid=t_170636_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FDM-zpZVqQwk%2F In a surprising move, the US Justice Department late last week filed a brief indicating the federal government does not support issuing patents on human genes by arguing these are part of nature. The friend-of-the-court filing was made in a closely watched lawsuit over patents held by Myriad Genetics on two genes - BRCA1 and BRCA2 - that are linked to an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Last year, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Patent Foundation sued Myriad, the University of Utah Research Foundation and the US Patent & Trademark Office. They charged that Myriad’s refusal to license its patents broadly meant that women who fear they may be at risk of breast or ovarian cancers are prevented from having anyone but Myriad look at the genes in question. Ea... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4125281 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:59:35 +0100 4125281 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3641325&cid=t_170636_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2Fjh8svxjHFBA%2F Nice to see you again. Another shiny day here on the Pharmalot corporate campus. As usual, we are hustling the short people off to the schoolhouse. And yes, to cope we are downing the mandatory cup of stimulation. How will you cope today? Perhaps getting started with the news of the world. Here, in fact, are a few items. Have a great day, everyone… Genzyme Nominates Former Amgen Exec To Its Board (Reuters) Glaxo May Slash Hundreds Of Jobs In Ireland (The Irish Examiner) Merck KGgA Reapplies With FDA For MS Pill (Reuters) Australia To Review Breast Cancer Gene Patent (The Age) Otsuka Pharma To Buy 1,300 iPads For Sales Reps (Bloomberg News) Cheap Gout Drug Can Help With Angina Pain (Reuters) MS Pill Risk-Sharing Plan Is A Costly Failure To NHS (PharmaTimes) (Source: Pharmalot) Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3641325 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:50:44 +0100 3641325 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2954796&cid=t_170636_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2Ffny5naJ4Guc%2F A federal district court ruled today that patients and scientists can challenge patents on human genes in court. And the move allows a lawsuit challenging patents on two human genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer to move forward, according to the American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT), which filed the suit. In a statement, the groups say the filed their suit because the patents are “illegal and restrict both scientific research and patients’ access to medical care.” They also charge that patents on human genes violate the First Amendment and patent law because genes are “products of nature.” “We hope this challenge is the beginning of the end to patents on genes, which limit scientific research, lea... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2954796 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:21:19 +0100 2954796 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2876252&cid=t_170636_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FrjGAhr4M6Hk%2F Over 90% of deaths from breast cancer are caused by metastasis, when the cancer has returned and spread to other parts of the body, including the chest wall, lymph nodes, bones, lungs, liver or brain. But Breastcancer.org says that metastatic breast cancer is more treatable compared to a cancer that starts in the bones or liver so that’s good news. Well, researchers from The Wistar Institute has uncovered another good news – they identified the gene that can suppress the spread of tumor cells in the body! The gene, KLF17, is called a “metastasis-suppressor gene” which prevents the spread of cancer cells from the breast to the lungs (as in the study) when it is turned on, and promotes metastasis when it is knocked down, damaged or absent. The protein from KLF17 attaches itself t... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2876252 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:10:35 +0100 2876252 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1275003&cid=t_170636_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fbreast-cancer%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fwhen-do-you-stop-being-a-breast-cancer-survivor%2F I have often wondered if the only way to truly be a cancer survivor is to die of something else. It has been almost five years since my diagnosis, and I am still called a breast cancer survivor. What I like about it is that World War II heroes are called survivors and so are Vietnam Vets. I too have survived a battle, it was very personal, but it did threaten my home and my loved ones, if not my country. What astounds me most is the number of women that become survivors every year. It is no longer a title reserved for just a few. The good thing is that we are all surviving; the bad thing is that more and more of us are fighting the battle for our lives. It’s like waking up and finding out you belong to the mob family. You don’t choose it and it will always be a part of who you are. You... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1275003 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:00:59 +0100 1275003 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1246710&cid=t_170636_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fbreast-cancer%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fthere-is-no-one-to-blame-for-my-breast-cancer-diagnosis%2F In my January 25th blog “If I had only known I was a BRCA gene carrier sooner.” I wrote about my extended family and how I could have known sooner that I was a BRCA II carrier if they had only told me. The truth is that although members of my extended family had a suspicion that there was a genetic breast cancer gene mutation in my father’s family, the actual testing didn’t take place until just over a year ago. Sister finally got to the core of the issue. Although we were not informed at that time, neither would it have made a difference in my circumstance. I was diagnosed with breast cancer long before that. I therefore have to let you know that they are fine people who had no intention of allowing me to suffer unnecessarily. In addition, there was such a strong link to cancer th... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1246710 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:26:56 +0100 1246710