Want to learn more about menopause, menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), formerly hormone replacement therapy (HRT), estrogen, and breast cancer risk? Why not sit down, pop in some headphones, and listen to this…
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Here on MiraKind.org, we’ve already discussed how the KRAS-variant plays a role in breast cancer risk, ovarian cancer risk, effects of MHT in the KRAS-variant patients, and even autoimmunity! Now, we want…
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We want to start with the basics about Menopausal Hormone Therapy (MHT) so you can get up to speed on the importance of MiraKind’s new study. In this article, we’ll cover what…
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When our team came across a recent Los Angeles Times Article entitled, “Once and for all: Hormone replacement is good for women” we were very intrigued. What we learned from this game-changing…
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We had an excellent question from a MiraKind study participant. They wanted to know, “If I participate in a study will you send me my KRAS-variant results?” Unfortunately, the answer is no….
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We received a great question from a friend of a patient asking, “since she knows she has a BRCA mutation, is it necessary to find out if she also has the KRAS-variant?…
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We had an excellent question from a participant who has the KRAS-variant and had chosen to have her ovaries removed. She asked her OB/GYN if she still needed to have pelvic exams…
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The partners on the UCLA research team have made new discoveries about how genetic mutations can help doctors predict patient responses to cancer-fighting immunotherapy drugs. In the past, we have spoken a…
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Post Updated February 7, 2022 For the large majority of us who suffer one or more symptoms of menopause, we can all agree that it is NO FUN. So what can we…
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Joanne Weidhaas is MiraKind’s founder and one of the scientists responsible for discovering the KRAS-variant, an inherited genetic mutation that predicts an increased risk of cancer. Following this breakthrough, Dr. Weidhaas and…
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Menopause: a condition that 100% of women will experience, yet so few of us feel comfortable talking about. We all know something about menopause, but just like pregnancy or bungee jumping, you…
Read More ➝Last updated: 11/25/2025 Most people are familiar with BRCA1 and BRCA2, the genes best known for their link to hereditary breast cancer. Discoveries of these mutations have offered important clues about inherited…
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Although much of the world has accepted that GWAS studies, which use an outdated technology looking at large amounts of data, have failed to find any functional mutations, this approach has twice…
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