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>> welcome back, you go for the patch smear and that is to check for cervical cancer. the f.d.a. has a gene test for women as a stand alone alternate to the patch smear. the doctors will tell us about that. dr. samadi? >> the theme today is gene testing, and patch smears is testing for cervical cancer. there were 14 genes at risk. the screening starts at age of 21 and every three years you get a patch smear. depending what they find they will find out if it is cervical cancer. the new gene testing is not looking at the cells under the microscope but the gene component. the test has been a comp...

The supreme court ruling on human genes will help women in the fight against breast cancer. she was put in the spotlight when she revealed she carried a gene mutation that puts her at a higher risk of cancer. a utah company said it had a patented on the genes. and the court disagrees. >> in a statement, jolie says i hope the ruling will lead to more women at risk for breast cancer being able to get access to gene testing and to take control of their lives, not just in the u.s. but all over the world, whatever their means and whatever their background. they decided they would make it

Had undergone a double masec masectomy. a utah company claimed it has a patent on the genes but the high court disagreed. the justices rule that human genes cannot be patented but a synthetic version can. she said i hope this ruling will lead to more women at risk for breast cancer being able to get access to gene testing and to take control of their lives not just in the u.s. but around the world. whatever their means and whatever their background. new jersey governor chris christie invited to a conservative event but he passed that up. he is sharing the stage with a prominent democrat. we'...

"new york times" opinion piece. so today the court unanimously ruled human genes may not be patented. i want to talk about this with our chief medical correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta. couple questions. one being, how -- how does this whole thing affect, i guess, drug companies trying to develop these new drugs to help people fight cancer, other life l threatening diseases. >> i think it makes a difference. there's been this thought for some time, if you can patent genes, one company, myriad, holds this patent. they had a monopoly on this gene testing. that was the only company that could do th...

After getting this diagnosis, she was told by doctors she had an 87% risk of getting breast cancer and a 50% risk of ovarian cancer. that's why she decided to have the double mastectomy. she also wrote in the piece that she chose not -- she says, i chose not to keep my story private because there are many women who do not know they might be living under the shadow of cancer. it is my hope that they, too, will be able to get gene tested and if they have a high risk, they, too, will know they have strong options. >> you know, she specifically does talk about that gene testing which is a very exp...