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Extracting DNA from breast cancer patients. These Christchurch geneticists have just finished a four-year study analysing the genes of 367 women. "Of those individuals where we found a genetic change or a genetic variant which increases risk of disease significantly, only half had undergone genetic screening," says Christchurch geneticist Professor Logan Walker. This type of genetic screening isnt offered to all breast cancer patients - but this new study suggests they should be given the optio...

>> youll receive an e-mail when your sample has been received at the lab and another e-mail when your results are ready. >> reporter: the new test just $249. many other tests for the brca gene ten times more expensive and often not covered by insurance. its the kind of access jolie has pushed for, triggering the angelina effect, an avalanche of interest in genetic testing. the star telling george stephanopoulos even she was surprised. >> i was stunned that the discussion broadened and that docto...

Carries a genetic mutation which increases the odds of breast cancer and ovarian cancer. she is being applauded for shining a light on a normally taboo subject and for empowering women to seek genetic testing and being more informed. its called the angelina effect. what are the real world consequences of such a public figure taking on and talking about an issue of women to women of varying backgrounds. joining me irin car moan dr. althea maybank and jennifer bronschweiger, who is deputy editor o...

Roberts, who you saw her there with, helped save her life. she didnt think she was at risk before having a mammogram done as part of a story. what shes going to do now is have surgery on thursday, undergo a double mastectomy, reconstructive surgery. she doesnt really know yet how things are going to go, she did write an essay on abc.com. she says she is quote approximate mentally and physically as prepared as anyone can be in this situation. she also went on to say that, quote, for every person ...

Costs another few hundred dollars. so, the cost of an individual portrait, not including my time, of course, is around $1,000. >> the feedback, quickly, before we have to go here. positive. are people weirded out by this? are they fascinated? >> i hope theyre weirded out. the point of the project is a provocation. >> i think you have done that. heather, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. trouble in the southeast. the flash flood sweeps across alabama and more rain could put them farther u...

Responsibility for my own life. and this decision is beautiful and it is sexy and it is powerful and all of those things. and the gratitude today i are for my life and for my well-being is so much more valuable than my physical appearance or my ability to bear children naturally. >> amen to that. what a message. jacqueline, thank you for joining us, for sharing your experience. >> thank you. >> we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me, poppy. and make an appointment this afternoon with our...

The stories inside are good ones. executive editor redeka jones, well start with the cover. the angelina effect. she has put herself in the middle of, you talk about a national conversation i think its actually an international one. but it certainly is a brave, brave new fight that she has joined. >> its national, international, and also very personal. >> yes. >> i think that is really where it will have emotional resonance. yes. we, as so many people, were absolutely struck by her op-ed in the ...

Your sample has been received at the lab and another e-mail when your results are ready. >> reporter: the new test just $249. many other tests for the brca gene ten times more expensive and often not covered by insurance. its the kind of access jolie has pushed for, triggering the angelina effect, an avalanche of interest in genetic testing. the star telling george stephanopoulos even she was surprised. >> i was stunned that the discussion broadened and that doctors were telling me how it helped...