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...
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...
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,...
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....
