The Wandering Gene and the Indian Princess by Jeff Wheelwright

Author:Jeff Wheelwright
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2011-11-28T16:00:00+00:00

In 1998, hospitalized in San Diego and close to the end of her life, Shonnie was advised to have a BRCA test. Her age, just twenty-six when the tumor appeared, must have rung a bell with someone at last. Joseph and Marianne went into their depleted savings and paid $2,800 for the analysis, which was not covered by her insurance.

Hmm, said the genetic counselor, your daughter is a carrier of 185delAG . . . but that’s the Ashkenazi mutation. The counselor must have been puzzled indeed. Given all that was going on with Shonnie, they put it out of their minds. The test was of no use to the patient—it was a warning to the rest of the family, but either the information wasn’t delivered properly or didn’t sink in.

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