Since then, advances in genetics have made possible testing for 18 other disorders that are more prevalent among the Jewish than the general population. Gitlin and others are again screening people at ...

(RNS) — Some 25 years ago, a friend of mine and his wife whose little boy had been diagnosed with Tay-Sachs disease visited our home. A relatively rare genetic disorder that is less so among ...

BRCA genetic mutations, which are 10 times more common among Ashkenazi Jews than among the general U.S. population, significantly increase the risks of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer. In ...

A genetic counselor, though perhaps not as well-known as other healthcare professionals, plays a consequential role on a patient’s healthcare team – namely by helping a patient understand and adapt to ...

Identifying and classifying gene mutations — which are the permanent changes in a person’s DNA genetic code — are critical in better understanding, and with research, eventually treating or preventing ...

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The majority of rare diseases have a genetic cause. The underlying genetic alteration can be found more and more easily, for example by means of exome sequencing (ES), leading to a molecular genetic ...

When Susan Weiss Liebman's pregnant niece died suddenly at the age of 36, the geneticist uncovered a family mystery dating back generations. "I believe I became a geneticist…because I was destined to ...

Adolf Hitler had a sexual disorder that made it more likely for him to have a micro-penis, according to the first-ever analysis of his DNA. He also did not have the Jewish ancestors that some have ...