As the anesthesia brain fog slowly lifts and I come to terms with the reality of what I just did, I feel all sorts of emotions but none of...

Fragile X syndrome is the most common inherited form of intellectual disability and a leading cause of autism spectrum disorder. It affects more males than females due to how...

  “Due in part to my medical background and to my passion for Judaism I knew that bringing JScreen to my community was something very important to me. Taking...

  At JScreen, we believe that a combination of education, access to state-of-the-art testing technology, and personalized support by qualified medical professionals are key to preventing devastating genetic diseases...

  One of the most common questions we hear at JScreen is some version of, “Are you sure that I don’t need to get my blood drawn?” The answer...

  23 years ago, this past March my husband, Jim and I lost our firstborn, Corey to Niemann-Pick Type A Disease, a severe and currently incurable neurodegenerative disorder.   ...

  Twenty-six years ago, our father was diagnosed with Gaucher disease. A “simple” broken shoulder turned into years of getting the wrong treatments and one false diagnosis after another...

  “What’s the point?” We spend a lot of time talking about how genetic testing has the potential to save lives by giving us information that can be used...