When Kerri Murphy was 32, she underwent genetic testing for Lynch syndrome — a hereditary disorder that’s caused by a mutation in any of five genes that predisposes those who have it to several cancers. Her sister had tested positive for Lynch syndrome, and because...
To conclude Lynch Syndrome and Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, we held a tweetchat, #GenCSM, with our phenomenal co-hosts Georgia Hurst and Amy Byer Shainman and special guest Heather Hampel, MS, LGC. Hampel is a genetic counselor at The Ohio State University...
A research team at the University of Bonn in Germany has published a new study regarding a mismatch repair gene called MSH3. This discovery is unique in that MSH3 is 1) inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern and 2) causes the development of multiple...
This article is part of a series created to highlight rare hereditary cancer syndromes. Here’s Kevin’s story of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP). Genetic Counseling Note: Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP) is an hereditary cancer syndrome...
Updated: March 5, 2019 Genetic Counseling Note: GREM1 is a hereditary cancer predisposition gene. Having a type of genetic mutation called a duplication just before the GREM1 gene (and at the end of a gene called SCG5) causes the GREM1 protein (encoded by the GREM1...
