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Ask the Expert: Genetics counseling

More people are turning to genetic counseling to understand their DNA and assess their risk for certain diseases. As part of ...
“Our study shows how the most important environmental and genetic risk factors can contribute to MS and trigger an autoimmune ...
Two of Opus's seven gene therapy assets are in clinical trials, with additional programs expected to enter the clinic.
Genetic variants believed to cause blindness in nearly everyone who carries them actually lead to vision loss less than 30% ...
In Mendelian inheritance patterns, you receive one version of a gene, called an allele, from each parent. These alleles can be dominant or recessive. Non-Mendelian genetics don’t completely follow ...
Scientists discovered that aging DNA repeats expand at wildly different speeds—and in some people, the consequences can be devastating. A sweeping genetic study drawing on data from more than 900,000 ...
Genetics play a role in low testosterone for some men, but underlying causes vary widely. Many genes influence testosterone ...
Genetics is just one of several factors thought to influence personality disorder development. Life experiences, family dynamics, coping mechanisms, and social learning may all be contributing factors ...