After seeing multiple members of a family with late-stage cancers at young ages, their oncologist suspected that these malignancies may be due to Lynch syndrome. The hereditary cancer syndrome is known to increase genetic risk for certain types of cancers. The mother...
My Gene Counsel CEO, Ellen Matloff, interviews Shannon Pulaski, author of Mom’s Genes: Empowering children to learn about their family’s health history. Shannon, you’ve written a children’s book called Mom’s Genes that serves as an...
In the last six months, the world has learned that the SARS-CoV-2 virus, more commonly known as COVID-19, is contagious, can be deadly, and has become a global pandemic. As of today, more than 8.2 million people have tested positive, and more than 445,000 have died...
Over the past few months, we have watched the world struggle to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. As with many things, there are lessons to be learned from genomic medicine. For example, through the genetic lens, we can equate virus transmission to heritability,...