As he spoke, he laid his long fore-finger on the scarlet letter, which forthwith seemed to scorch into Hester's breast , as if it ad been red hot.

他一边说着，一边把长长的食指放到那红字上，那字立刻火烧火燎地像是烙进了海丝特的胸膛。

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The issue of gene patents is coming to the fore with the first diagnostic test for breast cancer genes coming on to the market.

BBC: Demand for gene patent rethink

That question has been well to the fore this week with the High Court ruling that Swindon Primary Care Trust's decision not to fund Herceptin for breast cancer sufferer Ann Marie Rogers was not unlawful.

BBC: South: Health dilemma