The firm's tests look for variations in BRCA genes.

该公司的基因测序是为发现BRCA基因的突变体。

In response, UK clinics reported a doubling of enquiries from women wanting to be tested for the BRCA gene that increases the chances of developing cancer, a gene which Angelina Jolie carries.

英国的医院报道称，得知该消息后，希望做乳癌基因测试并进行咨询的女性人数翻倍，这种基因能增加患癌的几率，安吉丽娜·朱莉就携带有这种基因。

The average woman has a 12 percent risk of developing breast cancer sometime during her life. Women who have inherited a faulty BRCA gene are about five times more likely to get breast cancer.

普通女性在其一生中的某个时候患乳腺癌的风险为 12%。遗传了有缺陷的 BRCA 基因的女性患乳腺癌的可能性大约高出五倍。