by Danielle Bonadies | Aug 26, 2022 | Genetic Journal
While the odds are good that you know someone affected by prostate cancer, you may not know all the facts. Learn the hereditary factors, treatment methods, and some possible preventive measures. What is prostate cancer? The prostate gland is found only in men. It is...
by Danielle Bonadies | Aug 22, 2022 | Genetic Journal
1. and 2. Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on developing the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tools. This technology has limitless applications and researchers hope...
by Danielle Bonadies | Jun 17, 2022 | Genetic Journal
School has ended, but that doesn’t mean kids’ learning should! Summer vacation provides an opportunity for kids to further explore topics of interest, such as those in STEM fields. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics....
by Danielle Bonadies | Jun 15, 2022 | Genetic Journal
Last Updated June 15, 2022 True or false? Men don’t need genetic testing since only women can have a hereditary risk to develop cancer. Answer: FALSE. The notion that men cannot have hereditary cancer mutations that put them at increased risk to develop cancer is just...
by Danielle Bonadies | Jun 8, 2022 | Genetic Journal
Last Update: March 5, 2019 This article will focus on kidney cancers and the possibility that kidney cancers may be due an inherited risk. It is estimated that ~3-5% of kidney cancers are hereditary. Photo Credit: WebMD Usually, a person is born with two kidneys. ...
by Danielle Bonadies | Jun 8, 2022 | Genetic Journal
Photo Credit: Urology Care Foundation Updated: March 5, 2019 In Part 1 of this series on hereditary kidney cancer, we introduced red flags that increase the likelihood of a hereditary predisposition to kidney cancer. In this post, we review six hereditary cancer...
