Genetic tests for Alzheimer’s can detect specific genes linked to the disease. In most cases, they can’t definitively confirm or predict a diagnosis, but they can provide insight into your relative ...

Spending on the tests, which analyze genetic material from both people and pathogens, rose 20% year over year in 2024, the analysis found.

GeneMetrics was established by a group of clinicians, scientists, and legal experts committed to addressing a fragmented ...

A South Korean life sciences company plans to open a genetic testing lab in North Austin, a move that could create up to 200 ...

A genetic test developed by researchers at Broad Clinical Labs and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is now ...

New technology has a history of overwhelming existing systems that try to manage it, and that’s proving to be the case with genetic testing and health care. It’s been only 20 years since the ...

In a recent blog, I discussed the change in nomenclature for the conditions formerly known as Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) and schwannomatosis. This change was based on the results of an ...

Genetic testing for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) can tell doctors if someone has leukemia, what type they may have, and whether treatment is working. The tests look for atypical changes in certain ...

Genetic testing can confirm a muscular dystrophy (MD) diagnosis when symptoms and other tests already suggest MD. It also identifies specific gene mutations that can guide targeted treatment. Genetic ...

A major new study has found genetics play a powerful and independent role in endometrial cancer risk—challenging the ...

DENVER, Colo. (KFSN) -- You've probably heard of companies like ancestry.com or 23-and-me that offer at-home genetic testing. They are just two of more than 11,000 labs in the u-s that offer this. The ...