breast cancer
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2021’s Best Photos of the Microscopic World
The winners of this year’s Nikon Small World Competition have been announced, showcasing the best microphotography that 2021 had to offer.
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So…Facebook’s Got A Boob Problem
Dozens of activists plopped a giant inflatable boob outside Facebook’s London headquarters to protest the platform’s restrictions on depictions of nudity, the BBC reported Friday.
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Australian Court Decides That Breast Cancer Mutation Gene Can Be Patented
The Full Bench of the Federal Court of Australia has today decided that a private company is within its rights to hold a patent on a specific mutation in a breast cancer gene, which experts say could lead to a derailment of research and an eventual cure.
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Risk Of Developing Breast Cancer Is 40% Greater For Woman Working The Night Shift
Here’s a study that I, as a night shift-working woman, sincerely hope to be incorrect. The Daily Mail reports that a recent study, backed by the Danish Cancer Society and involving over 18,500 women working for the Danish army between 1964 and 1999, links night-shift work with a 40-percent increased risk of breast cancer, as…