Do I need to get tested for KRAS-variant if I’m BRCA positive?
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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Should I Get Pelvic Exams if I Have No Ovaries?
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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New Research: How Inherited DNA -Based Mutations Impact Immunotherapy
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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Menopause & Myths about Menopausal Hormone Therapy
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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What You Need to Know About Estrogen and the KRAS-variant
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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Let’s Talk Menopause (Finally)
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 ➝The KRAS-Variant and Breast Cancer: Understanding Genetic Risk
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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The truth about GWAS and the KRAS-variant
Although much of the world has accepted that GWAS studies, which use an outdated technology looking at large amounts of data, have failed to find any functional mutations, this approach has twice…
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