Radboudumc is the first hospital in the world to use a new genetic test on a large scale in clinical practice. This test ...

Although morally acceptable in theory, preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) disorders raises several ethical questions in clinical practice. This paper discusses the ...

Parental Monitoring Is Linked to Fewer Teen Conduct Problems Despite Genetic Risk Parents may have more influence than they ...

"Direct to consumer" genetics tests have soared in popularity in recent years as the cost of genetics sequencing has plummeted. AncestryDNA, Helix, and 23andMe are some of the companies offering the ...

Germline genetic testing is now routinely recommended for patients with prostate cancer (PCa) because of expanded guidelines and options for targeted treatments. However, integrating genetic testing ...

Advances in diagnostic genetic testing have resulted in the ability to diagnose an increasing number of genetic diseases, often through the use of multiple genes and/or gene fragments. These advances ...

The field of medical genetics is swiftly evolving. It's a period of rapid scientific discovery, new technologies and subsequent translation into medical practice, public policy and public health. But ...

Richard V Kowles Springer-Verlag, New York; 2001. 479 pp. $24.95, paperback. ISBN 0–387–98841–6 Few subjects have the dual reputation among students of being both intriguing and scary. Learning ...

Safety and Efficacy Implications of Discontinuing Combination Ipilimumab and Nivolumab in Advanced Melanoma To put the impact of this underutilization of genetic testing into perspective, consider the ...

Researchers at UCLA Health have found that a person's risk of developing psychotic-like experiences may be influenced by both childhood attention problems and their genetic makeup. The findings, ...