Veritas Genetics Collaborates with Dr. Steven Narod and Women’s College Hospital to Launch The Screen Project – a Population-Based BRCA Screening Initiative across Canada

Goal is to give Canadians unprecedented access to inherited cancer screening BOSTON, March 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Veritas Genetics, the global leader in accessible genetic sequencing and interpretation, will provide BRCA testing for Canadian women and men who enroll in The Screen Project, a new Women’s College Hospital (WCH) initiative led by researchers in the Familial […]

Personalized Medicine Takes on the MTHFR Gene

Have you ever noticed how certain characteristics “run in the family”? Maybe it’s depression. For example, a family’s grandmother, mother and son all showing similar symptoms of a mood disorder. How about sleep problems? Father, father’s mother, father’s brother and father’s children. Alcoholism, ADHD, early age heart disease and stroke? Once you start thinking it […]

NIH probes the genome to understand severe drug reaction

“Angela was unique. She was a trendsetter … one in a million. The disease that took her was one in a million. Even in death, she stood out from the crowd.” These poignant words are from the eulogy for 22-year-old Angela Anderson, a young woman who was taken too soon by a rare genetic condition […]

New test can predict cancer up to 13 years before disease develops

Genetic changes can predict cancer up to 13 years in the future, according to new research. Harvard and Northwestern University discovered that tiny but significant changes are already happening in the body more than a decade before cancer is diagnosed. They found that the protective caps on the ends of chromosomes, which prevent DNA damage, […]

Most exciting cancer treatment since chemotherapy could save patients using DNA tests

A revolutionary approach to treating cancer using DNA tests can shrink tumors at six times the rates of conventional medicine. Experts said the promise shown by “precision medicine” was “the most exciting thing since chemotherapy” meaning that in future, patients could be saved by £200 gene tests. It could mean around one in three women who currently undergo grueling […]

Cancer and gene testing: The dark knowledge that can save lives

LOS ANGELES — Five months ago, I took a test for something called the BRCA genetic mutation, which is often referred to as the breast cancer gene. My mother had fought off breast cancer and she waged a ferocious battle against a second cancer, ovarian, when it ambushed her body seven years later. The cancer […]

The true character is the future in Manuel Corpas’ “Perfect DNA”

Perfect DNA is a novel that uses Dr. Manuel Corpas’ own experiences and expertise as genome scientist to begin exploring some challenging genetic issues. The idea is to show how the genome technology is going to affect healthcare in the mid 2030’s. The main protagonist is John Malcolm, a forty-something accountant based in London. The […]

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Month: March 2017