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Scientists in scotland say they've solved the mystery of why people from the orkney islands, off the northeastern coast of the country, may be more susceptible to breast and ovarian cancer. it's all about a gene variant, which is already known to increase the risk of those cancers, being more common in people of 0rcadian heritage. laura goodwin has the details. 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 f...

The risk of those cancers, being more common in people of orcadian heritage. laura goodwin has the details. 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 orkney. now a team of geneticists have come to the island to communicate their findings face to face. around one in 1,000 women across the uk have a brca1 variant. the study found one in 100 people with orkney gr...

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 orkney. 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 was important, and it was explaining the pattern of breast and ovarian cancer tha...

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 0r...

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