With an estimated more than 10 million cases, India accounts for nearly 20% of the global epilepsy burden. The number of ...

A recent study highlights how DNA microarray technology enables high-throughput gene analysis, supporting variation detection, expression profiling, and clinical research. By refining probe design and ...

Scientists at Northwestern Medicine have developed a new genetic risk score that predicts who is most likely to experience irregular or dangerous heart rhythms. The test merges several types of ...

Study of 99 pediatric patients found clinically significant CNVs in 30% of cases, supporting CMA as a first-tier test for developmental delay and ID. Clinically significant CNVs were identified in 30% ...

Hi. I’m Art Caplan. I’m at the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. A new company, Nucleus Genomics, recently announced a whole new program of genetic testing. It is way past ...

During in vitro fertilisation (IVF), embryos undergo genetic testing before they are transferred to the uterus – but researchers have found that a widely used test cannot detect genetic abnormalities ...

When it came time to start a family, Sarah Elizabeth Orlando, 33, knew she would go about it differently. Before she was born, an in-utero amniocentesis had confirmed she carried the gene for fragile ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and genetic testing proved to be lifesaving for the women featured in this story. Jodi Lavery discovered she had a BRCA-2 gene mutation, ...

In 2023, Jill Martin took a test that changed her life. She underwent genetic testing for breast cancer and learned she had a BRCA2 mutation, which increases one’s risk of developing breast and other ...