Genetic counselors face an explosion of new tests, and increased demand
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Todd Bookman
January 21, 2016

And that same year, Angelina Jolie captured the world's attention with her op-ed in the New York Times disclosing her "faulty" BRCA1 gene, and preventative double mastectomy. "Her sharing that information was really important because it allowed people to identify with her story. If it could happen to Angelina Jolie, it could happen to me," says Haidle.