without the mutation. it is i terrifying possibility to consider both for woman who have tested positive and for women who haven t taken the test but fear what may be lurking in their dna. jolie said she was motivated to share her story by a desire to help women face that fear through empowering themselves with information. she wrote i chose not to keep my story private because there are many women who do not know that they may be living under the shadow of cancer. it is my hope that they too will be able to get gene test and that if they have a high risk, they too will know they have strong options. only women who carry genes with the brca mutation aren t the only beneficiaries of the test. so too the company that owns the exclusive rights to their genes. myriad genetics, a biotech company has owned the rights on it since 1998. you thought your body belonged