Yes, I kept thinking the doctors who talked her into this are monsters. Then saw another article on that topic and read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRCA1#Patents.2C_enforcement.2C_litigation.2C_a...
Good place to add a WP:RS on that topic.
(And my first mammogram in 6 years came back good today. Yeah!)
On 5/17/2013 2:50 AM, Jane Darnell wrote:
Hmm, there seems to be much more behind this scary story about Jolie: http://www.naturalnews.com/040365_Angelina_Jolie_gene_patents_Supreme_Court_...
I didn't know you could patent a gene and reading between the lines, I think it's a tragedy for Jolie and her family. It's true that it's an impressive PR stunt though - check the stats pn the Jolie article and the BRCA1 article, which links to the lawsuit in the lead.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_for_Molecular_Pathology_v._Myriad_G...
2013/5/15, Jane Darnell jane023@gmail.com:
It would be nice if someone could make an analysis of the presence & depth (treatment, protocol, prevention) of articles on breast cancer vs prostate cancer on Wiki(p/m)edia, as both are becoming about the same threat in terms of live expectancy after diagnosis. We could work from there on a to-do list.