As someone whose professional responsibilities are primarily concerned with issues outside of the day-to-day practice of genetic medicine, I am profoundly encouraged by the disciplined and responsible ...

Medical genetics is a young discipline. Its roots go back to around the middle of the 20th century, and it was formally recognized as a medical specialty in the United States only within the past ...

February 9, 2009 — Advances in medical genetics during the past decade are changing many aspects of clinical practice and patient services. Nevertheless, a family history is still the most powerful ...

"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 ...

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 ...

Germline testing (GT) for prostate cancer (PCA) is now central to treatment and hereditary cancer assessment. With rising demand for and shortage of genetic counseling (GC), tools to deliver pretest ...

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

Germline genetic testing (GT) is recommended for men with prostate cancer (PC), but testing through traditional models is limited. The ProGen study examined a novel model aimed at providing access to ...

The summer of our government's discontent (with personal genetics tests) continues. Yesterday an investigator with the Government Accountability Office reported back to Congress on its undercover ...