GENETIC JOURNAL
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Precision Medicine Champions of Change Honored at White House
Last week the White House recognized nine Precision Medicine "Champions of Change" who were selected for their work to advance the goals set out by the President's Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI). The PMI aims to make using a tailored treatment approach for...
Discussion: Precision Medicine Initiative
In the words of the National Institute of Health, precision medicine is an approach to disease treatment and prevention that accounts for individual variability in genes, environment and lifestyle. In simpler terms, precision medicine means using a tailored treatment...
GINA Put To the Test
Updated May 3, 2019 What would really happen if an employer or health insurance company tried to improperly use genetic information? Has GINA ever been tested? Yes. GINA was put to test when two warehouse workers were awarded $2,225,000 in 2015 because their company,...
Discussion: Men and Hereditary Cancer
In honor of Men’s Health Month and Father’s Day, we wanted to shine a light on an important issue that does not usually get much attention: men and hereditary cancer. Men are often told that they don’t need genetic testing, since the cancer risks only impact women....
The Days of Cookie Cutter Medicine Are Over
Geneticists have long had visions of a future in which medicine would be customized based on each individual's genetic makeup. But the reality of tailoring treatment based on genetic testing has been a complex, expensive and ethically grey area, and science,...
Tips For Having Sex After Oophorectomy, Hysterectomy
A major issue for female cancer previvors and survivors that have undergone an oophorectomy or hysterectomy is sex following surgery. And as you may expect, it’s an issue that patients and clinicians don’t always know how to talk about or address. This...
For $249, Shouldn’t We All Have the Cancer Gene Panel?
Color Genomics just announced that for a mere $249 they are offering genetic testing for a panel of genes that will include BRCA1, BRCA2 and 17 other genes associated with cancer risk. Considering that the lead competitor in this space offers their cancer gene panel...
New Baby Gene Mapping Project Will Begin This Month
This month, doctors in Boston will being the BabySeq project, a trial program conducting whole genome sequencing on 240 healthy babies as well as 240 babies in intensive care. The team will look for genetic mutations that are strongly associated with diseases that...
You’ve Always Had the Power My Dear
Last week was a great reminder of the power of the consumer – namely, You. Forbes published an article about Angelina Jolie with which many of us in the hereditary cancer community took issue. Some felt the tone was a bit snarky and that the medical and scientific...