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Rewarded for that by being given a patent. so that they don't spend all that time and effort doing something that then is just readily distributed to everybody else who can just copy it. that is the argument on behalf of the company. as we get further and further along with genetic testing and tinkering with nature we will see more of these cases. the argument on the other side we don't want one company to have a monopoly over something that occurs in nature and that is gene testing. you talk about angelina jolie. thank goodness for her she had the means to pay thousands of dollars to have thi...

Absolutely heroic. that is what brad pitt is calling his wife's decision to undergo a preventative double mastectomy in order to reduce her chances of developing breast cancer. jolie revealing in a new op-ed "new york times," 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. gene testing revealed jolie carries brca 1, the gene that causes breast cancer. the actress's mom battled breast cancer for ten years before succumbing to the disease at materially age of 56. joining me now is dr. julian kim, division chief of...

Times a day for several minutes. that's all you can do for it. keep away from more antibiotics. >> all right. thank you. well, there have been a lot of advances in the fight against breast cancer. one is gene testing. you may have heard a bit about it. it is to determine if you have a high risk of developing breast cancer. even though many women struggle with their options, and the doc has some advice. doc, if you find out if you have the gene you have to make some important decisions. >> yeah, first of all, i don't suggest everybody get the test for the gene. if your mother or your sister o...

Hair follicles went from being able to support nice thick hair to support basically peach fuzz. it gave them the chance to see how the process works. even though these folks had this rare thing going on, the process they think is probably the same for someone like you. >> reactivating the genes that grow hair up here. there's one by the way, makeup artist keeps telling me there's one hair up there. >> i can see it. >> you can? >> yeah. >> what's the -- where are they in this? is this eminent? >> no. no. >> air restoration techniques, other than grafting, it doesn't have great success. >> no im...

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