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。

The NHS, for example, runs screening programmes for those of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, as around one in 40 Ashkenazi Jewish people carries harmful variants to the BRCA gene which make them more at risk of breast or ovarian cancer.

例如， 英国国民健康服务体系 (NHS) 为阿什肯纳兹犹太人后裔开展筛查计划，因为大约四分之一的阿什肯纳兹犹太人携带有害的 BRCA 基因变异， 这使他们更容易患上乳腺癌或卵巢癌。