In an effort for people to speed up the process of finding a cure for cancer, people came up with urban legends and myths to preventing or getting rid of cancer. ... Numerous cancer experts now believe that the only real cure for cancer is taking as many steps possible to prevent it. ... The answer is that cancer will be more likely to occur in those who have close family members who have also had cancer. Breast and Ovarian cancer are the cancers that are most likely to be hereditary. ... Currently there are no absolute cures for cancer. ...

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These include the rights to the primary breast and ovarian cancer genes (Mick, 2010). ... While they also have done extensive research into colon, uterine, prostate, and pancreatic cancers, as well as melanomas, their current main focus according to their website is breast and ovarian cancers. ... Despite the ruling, the U.S. government has issued two patents for breast cancer genes, BRCA 1 and BRCA 2, in 1997 and 2000 respectively. ... Myriad uses their patents to block breast cancer research at a university level. Because Myriad charges far too much to allow access to the genes for study, th...

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UniversityNumber; 0212516 Human Molecular Diseases Abstract The essay concentrates on the single gene defects, looking initially at the types of mutations which effect genes and then moving on to the three major groups of these disorders; autosomal recessive, autosomal dominant and sex-linked. ...

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