If you’re considering starting a family, you may have some concerns about possible genetic or heritable conditions that you could pass on to your child. Meeting with a genetic counselor can give you more information and help you decide on next steps, but you may...
If you have ever had genetic testing and counseling, you probably have some understanding of the process, but likely have not given much thought to how a person actually becomes a genetic counselor. Who are genetic counselors? What do they do? More importantly, how...
If you or your partner has a mutation for an autosomal dominant condition, like Huntington disease or Marfan syndrome, you may want to consider preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) for single gene disorders. It can be difficult to know how to talk to your partner...
Parents who first learn that they are carriers for a genetic disease because they have a child affected by an autosomal recessive or X-linked recessive condition often fear passing their condition on to another child. Preimplantation genetic testing, or PGT, is an...
Mutations in the BRCA genes give women an elevated risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer — this is known as hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) syndrome. According to the National Cancer Institute, BRCA1 and BRCA2 are tumor suppressor genes: in other...
Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) has existed for more than 25 years and is a process that allows parents to screen embryos for potential serious genetic conditions. As our understanding of inherited diseases continues to grow, so do possible PGT applications....
