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‘Really tough decision’: What should doctors do when genetic testing reveals that dad isn’t the child’s biological father?
The child was critically ill. The treating team at Children's National Hospital in Washington, DC, was stumped and worried that ...
DNA sequencing of pap smears non-invasive alternative to prenatal genetic screening
Targeted DNA sequencing of fetal cells from Papanicolaou (Pap) smears may offer an improved and earlier route to prenatal genetic ...
Should doctors inform patients if they have untreatable genetic diseases?
Ethical considerations related to consent, privacy, and confidentiality have been upended by genetic testing, according to members of a panel...at ...
First major contract in Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative signed with Mayo Clinic
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The first major contract ...
Personal genomic testing presents challenges for doctors and patients
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Marketing of direct-to-consumer (DTC) ...
Art Caplan: Food industry should adopt voluntary GMO labels
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. I'm Art Caplan at ...
Can lab grown tissues help test drugs for rare diseases?
Marshall L. Summar, MD: I am Marshall Summar, Chief of Genetics and Metabolism at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, ...
Hispanics have higher risk for metabolic syndrome, but risk factors differ by ethnic origin
An ongoing federally funded study of the health of Hispanics in the United States is yielding nuanced and complex data, ...
Impacts of genetic analysis and patient advocacy for extremely rare diseases
Marshall L. Summar, MD, Chief of the Division of Genetics and Metabolism at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC, ...
Gene mutation linked to irritable bowel syndrome in some patients
Approximately 2% of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have a mutation of the SCN5A gene that disrupts sodium channel ...
Patient cracks her own mysterious diagnosis by studying her genetics
Kim Goodsell started noticing physical ailments about 20 years ago, when she was in her 30s and training for an ...
More complete story of BRCA1 and ovarian cancer
Hello. I'm Dr. Maurie Markman from Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Philadelphia. I wanted to briefly discuss an interesting ...
Whole-exome sequencing IDs disorders when other tests fail
When all else fails, whole-exome sequencing (WES) may succeed at nailing down a tough diagnosis, say investigators. A new review ...
No need for genetic testing for most thyroid cancers
The following is an excerpt. In the majority of patients with papillary thyroid cancer, the most common form of thyroid ...
Detecting genetic disorders in the unborn
The following is an edited excerpt. It is now possible to sequence the entire genome of an unborn baby with ...