A study led by the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center (The Institute) has identified a rare genetic variant in the ODAD4 gene that causes primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD), a ...

The KAUST-developed technology uses simple molecular biology strategies to seek out the genomic regions that are suspected of harboring complex mutations, deletions or rearrangements. Despite rapid ...

The Urology Care Foundation and the Prostate Cancer Foundation have created a new educational guide on genetic tests to guide ...

In the United States, approximately 1.9 million new cases of cancer were expected in 2023, and more than 18 million Americans have a history of invasive cancer. 1 When an oncologist is looking across ...

As prenatal genetic testing becomes more common, experts explain what these tests can and cannot predict, how parents should ...

Genetic testing for schwannomatosis is available and may be appropriate for some people. The current test identifies a mutation in the SMARCB1 gene, which predisposes an individual to developing the ...

Finding an effective antidepressant can be as hit-or-miss as finding a drinkable cappuccino in a strip mall…or a date-able date on Tinder. And we’re not being flip. “Part of the challenge of ...

There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...

The technique referred to is non-invasive preimplantation genetic testing (niPGT), also called non-invasive chromosomal screening (NICS).

Young breast cancer (BC) survivors (40 years or younger) without a pathogenic variant (PV) have a low risk for developing second primary BC (SPBC), according to a study published online April 11 in ...