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\ You all know that mutations in the BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 genes render a woman much more at risk from breast and ovarian cancer. Heretofore that information has been quite useful as a warning to women carrying such mutations to form a tight and immediate acquaintanceship with a damned good oncologist. (The problem of course is that few women actually know their BRCA status.) Now, however, thanks to the donation described in this article, scientists will be able to research ways to frustrate the knavish tricks (to quote the British national anthem) of the malfunctioning BRCA gene, thus sparing many women a lifetime of worry. This makes me wish that I had spent my life accumulating money, instead of entries on a publication list. I would like to be able to gift Fred Hutch with a cool $50 million. But, nah - I’d have made a piss-poor capitalist. https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/55m-gift-creates-new-cancer-interception-institute-penns-basser-center-brca-stop-hereditary