Genetic counselor Julie Beasley explained how genetic testing and counseling can help individuals identify inherited cancer risks and implement early detection strategies.

Universal germline genetic testing of nearly 40,000 patients with solid tumors detected a substantial proportion of inherited gene ...

Germline genetic screening can identify whether a patient with cancer has inherited genetic alterations in a gene or genes ...

A study of nearly 40,000 cancer patients found that age-based germline genetic testing policies would miss about 72 percent of carriers of inherited pathogenic variants, supporting universal testing ...

Three out of England's seven NHS genetics laboratories are failing to routinely share vital information about genetic ...

A rare genetic mutation that can lead to heart failure and sudden cardiac death may be more common in West Michigan than many ...

Laws banning the use of adverse genetic test results in life insurance underwriting began today after the reform secured passage in the Senate in April. The ban applies to new policies or variations ...

The expanding report portfolio provides deeper, topic-specific guidance for the health and wellness priorities people care ...

Some pieces of our DNA can copy themselves into new locations. Copies derived from one gene active in human brain cells ...

Kaya was diagnosed with an extremely rare syndrome known as SPLIS. She was only the 43rd known case in the world.

Optogenetics, recognized by the 2026 medicine Nobel, makes cells respond to light, including eye cells that normally relay ...

Researchers have identified covert deletions of the proximal FXN gene that standard testing mistakes for identical repeat ...