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JScreen23 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. ...
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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...
I am a proud Previvor. I’m the daughter and granddaughter of breast cancer survivors and my father was lucky enough to discover his prostate cancer very early on....
While walking through Target the other day, we passed a 23andMe testing kit display. I made a comment about how the display was half empty to my husband,...
“The Convention of Wives is a captivating story about friendship, marriage and survival, but also opens our eyes to the impact of genetic disease and emerging treatments. A delightful...
As a genetic counselor at JScreen, I will often hear my male patients express concern for their partners, daughters, mothers, and sisters, without realizing how it may affect them....
What’s the Difference Between Ancestry DNA Testing and Carrier Screening? “I don’t need any more genetic testing – I had that one ancestry test and I’m pretty sure...
