GENETIC JOURNAL
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Science Gift Guide
Inspire a kid in your life to explore the world through science by giving them a science-themed gift. There are endless gifts to pick from! Science toys teach skills in fields like engineering, chemistry, biology, astronomy, physics, mathematics, anatomy, genetics,...
Pink & Blue: Colors of Hereditary Cancer Chicago Premiere
On December 1st, I had the pleasure of attending the Chicago movie premiere of Pink & Blue: Colors of Hereditary Cancer with our advocacy partners, Georgia Hurst (@ShewithLynch) and Amy Byer Shainman (@BRCAresponder). I've worked closely with both Georgia and Amy...
TweetChat: The Gene with Siddhartha Mukherjee
On Monday afternoon we held a tweetchat, #GenCSM, with our amazing co-hosts Georgia Hurst and Amy Byer Shainman and special guest Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD. Sid is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, and his...
Trailblazing Genetic Counselors: Episode 3
Genetic counselors making an impact in the field.
Beyond BRCA: Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer Syndrome and CDH1 Mutations
Genetic Counseling Note: People who have a mutation in one of their two CDH1 gene copies have a syndrome called Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer (HDGC). This syndrome increases the risk of developing stomach cancer in men and women, lobular breast cancer in women,...
Neuroendocrine Tumor Day: Spotlight Pheochromocytomas
Photo credit to MLobliner via Flickr Pheochromocytomas are rare nervous system tumors that are usually benign and develop in the small glands that sit on top of the kidneys, called the adrenal glands. Everyone has two adrenal glands that produce hormones that travel...
Trailblazing Genetic Counselors: Episode 2
Leaders in the field of genetic counseling featured this week are Jehannine Austin, Brianne Kirkpatrick, and Katie Stoll.
How Patients Can Share Their Genetic Data
What can you do to share your data as a patient? Our Cancer Genetics Division Director, Danielle Bonadies, was scheduled to present today at FORCE, a patient conference, to highlight resources for patients to contribute their own data to research. Unfortunately, the...
An Interview With Filmmaker Joanna Rudnick
October 2018 Update from Joanna Rudnick Twenty-eight years ago, Mary-Claire King discovered BRCA1 and its connection to familial breast cancer. Seventeen years ago, I learned I was BRCA1+. Ten years ago, my personal film on being BRCA+ and falling into the brave new...