breast cancer. although this is news that we don t want to hear, it is important for us to know what is going on, and in the hopes that some maybe further treatment or at least a recognition of what could happen if we carry the gene. karen scott has already been tested for the gene due to herfamily history of breast cancer. 0rcadians are all over the world. this is a massive discovery. and hugely important for the health of every individual in 0rkney, and the generations to come. there are other communities within the uk that have a known prevalence of brca gene variants but identifying founder mutations like this is rare. women with the same variation have already been found across the uk and america, which means their roots, most likely, lead back to 0rkney. laura goodwin, bbc news.
behaved itself, or treated ukraine at the darkest moment of its history, and that that will not be taken into account in building future relations, these people just don t know how diplomacy works. the these people just don t know how diplomacy works. the now, the fighting how diplomacy works. the now, the fighting continues, - how diplomacy works. the now, the fighting continues, but - how diplomacy works. the now, the fighting continues, but so . the fighting continues, but so too does the diplomacy. without that ukraine soldiers will run out of the arms and ammunition is they need to hold their ground. a gene variant which is known to increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancer has been identified in people who can trace their heritage to the orkney islands off the scottish coast. a new study suggests one in 100 people with grandparents from the remote island of westray has a specific mutation of the brca1 gene. laura goodwin has the story. people have lived here on the island
which is known to increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancer. and they ve narrowed down the variant to people of orkney islands heritage. more specifically the gene variant has been traced to the island of westray with a resident population ofjust under 600 people. 0ur scotland science and innovation correspondent laura goodwin has the story. people have lived here on the island of westray for many thousands of years. in part, the community s deep connection to their roots have helped scientists solve a 25 year medical puzzle an increase in family history of breast cancer first noticed by the screening services in 0rkney. now a team of geneticists have come to the island to communicate their findings face to face. over time, a pattern emerged, that we were starting to come across a gene difference in the gene that was, at that point, we were uncertain of the meaning of, but we kept finding it. and i was really suspicious that that gene alteration
to know what is going on, and in the hopes that some maybe further treatment or at least a recognition of what could happen if we carry the gene. karen scott has already been tested for the gene due to herfamily history of breast cancer. she did not have it but hopes other women will be tested. 0rcadians are all over the world. this is a massive discovery. and hugely important for the health of every individual in 0rkney, and the generations to come. there are other communities within the uk that have a known prevalence of brca gene variants but identifying founder mutations like this is rare. women with the same variation have already been found across the uk and america, which means their roots, most likely, lead back to 0rkney. laura goodwin, bbc news.