Overview
- In an Oviedo lecture before roughly 800 people, King said genetic tests are inexpensive and should be available to every woman who needs them.
- She cited Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias research reporting centuries‑old regional mutations that predispose to breast cancer.
- King emphasized that BRCA1 mutations raise breast cancer risk in both women and men, noting the mutations can be especially devastating for men.
- She praised Angelina Jolie’s public preventive surgeries for increasing awareness of gene‑informed decisions that can reduce cancer risk.
- King said she will continue leading research into severe mental illness and cautioned that meaningful clinical gains in brain genetics may take decades.