BRCA article from Hadassah Magazine November 2008 Vol. 90 No. 3
posted on January 13, 2009 at 9:32 pm
BRCA NEWSWORTHY
Breaking the Chain by Wendy Elliman
Follow this link for the entire awesome article!
http://www.hadassah.org/news/content/per_hadassah/archive/2008/08_Nov/medicine.asp
This past June, twins were born at the Hadassah Hospital in Israel without the BRCA gene mutation. Embryos free of the mutation were implanted in the mother enabling her to “break the breast cancer chain” in her family & give birth to BRCA free babies. Six other BRCA positive couples also had the genetically BRCA free embryos implanted using in-vitro fertilization treatment. One of these couples gave birth in September, & the other 5 couples are expecting soon!