by Danielle Bonadies | Mar 18, 2021 | Multimedia
In this one-hour national webinar, hosted by the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) and the All of Us Research Program, Amy Byer Shainman discusses her memoir, Resurrection Lily: The BRCA Gene, Hereditary Cancer & Lifesaving Whispers from the...
by Danielle Bonadies | Feb 9, 2021 | News
As seen on The Washington Post and Kaiser Health News By Christina Bennett When her gynecologist recommended genetic testing, Mai Tran was reluctant. “I didn’t really want to do it,” recalled Tran, who had just turned 21 and was living in New...
by Danielle Bonadies | Feb 6, 2020 | News
Paired tumor/germline testing is far from standard practice in cancer care, but some experts in the field are advocating that when patients have their tumors genomically profiled to determine precision medicine options, that is an opportunity to also evaluate them for...
by Danielle Bonadies | Dec 2, 2019 | News
People around the US, regardless of whether they live in a large city or a remote village, can now order genetic tests online to learn their inherited risks for serious diseases, such as cancer. But what do individuals do after they learn their risks? How do they find...
by Danielle Bonadies | Dec 2, 2019 | News
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing has come a long way in popularity, but it still has a long way to go in accuracy. As of February 2019, more than 26 million consumers had tried DTC genetic testing to learn more about their ancestry or uncover genetic...
