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 ...

"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 ...

In 2003, genetic scientists exceeded their own expectations and completed mapping the entire human genome 3 years in advance of the projected deadline. It has been a fast climb since Watson and Crick ...

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 ...

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 ...