Genetic testing can be a fearful, daunting, overwhelming, exciting, or joyful experience. In many cases, the emotions of people who pursue genetic testing can be described with more than just one of ...

Daphne O. Martschenko and Sam Trejo both want to make the world a better, fairer, more equitable place. But they disagree on whether studying social genomics—elucidating any potential genetic ...

A 10-year study shows that a multipronged approach using whole exome sequencing can improve diagnostic yield in patients with ...

Becca Tomlinson underwent a double mastectomy after finding out she inherited a faulty gene.

St. Louis Families Unite for Rare Disease Day 2026 as Take Part Foundation Advances Critical Genetic Testing and ...

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A recent study of shrimp dishes at 44 randomly selected seafood restaurants along the Grand ...

Scientists are testing an entirely new way to fight heart disease: a gene-editing treatment that might offer a one-time fix for high cholesterol. It’s very early stage research, tried in only a few ...

Genetic testing for ATTR can detect transthyretin mutations and offer crucial information about risk, monitoring, and treatment, if needed. Transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) is a genetic condition that ...

In response, Vermont lawmakers are considering a consumer protection bill that would regulate how genetic testing companies collect, use and share Vermonters’ data. An amended version of the bill was ...

A new bill passed the Vermont House, that aims to better protect certain information, that you may have sent to popular family ancestry sites. The bill, is called the Genetic Information Privacy Act; ...