Eight percent of children with cerebral palsy (CP) who undergo genetic testing have mutations that can be used to personalise treatment, revealed a study published recently in JAMA Pediatrics. This ...

PHILADELPHIA -- The first time the seemingly healthy woman gave birth, she went into heart failure. She recovered and went on to deliver her second child a few years later. Doctors cleared the woman ...

Some people actually have more than one biological identity embedded in their bodies, a rare and often harmless biological ...

For Josh Henderson, 66, of Olympia, getting genetic testing was a no-brainer. “The first time I came to Fred Hutch, my oncologist suggested it,” said the retired IT manager who received a metastatic ...

Genetic testing should be offered to myeloma patients to identify high-risk cases earlier and enable more targeted and effective treatment, according to experts. A study by The Institute of Cancer ...

On December 17, 2024, the Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) issued its second favorable advisory opinion involving an arrangement in which a drug ...

Randomized trials of platelet function and genetic testing to guide antiplatelet decisions following PCI have produced notoriously mixed results: now, an updated consensus document aims to fill some ...

– The Alnylam Act ® program is a genetic testing initiative designed to enable improved patient diagnosis of three rare, devastating, and life-threatening genetic diseases – – Through the Alnylam Act ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — When thinking about health, it is not everyday that Genetic Testing comes to mind. As is the case with one Lowcountry patient who received life changing results from a ...

At Penn Medicine’s clinic where adults receive genetic counseling and testing, about 9% of patients are Black. By contrast, one in four patients at the cardiology and endocrinology clinics located in ...