Popular genetics tests can’t tell you much about your dog’s personality, according to a recent study. A team of geneticists ...

Tiny repeated stretches of DNA in your genome may quietly shape how your body works, how your brain develops and how you ...

In this video, an expert discusses which men with prostate cancer are eligible for genetic testing, and what patients can do if they are not eligible but want to undergo testing anyway. It is ...

Many people with a personal or family history of cancer are now offered genetic testing to explain their cancer history. Whether you test positive or negative for a mutation in a cancer-related gene, ...

A genetic variant is likely putting some children suffering with myocarditis—inflammation of the heart muscle—at higher risk ...

Texas Oncology in Wichita Falls now offers genetic testing to identify mutations that could increase cancer risk, which can ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and genetic testing proved to be lifesaving for the women featured in this story. Jodi Lavery discovered she had a BRCA-2 gene mutation, ...

Genetic testing for ATTR can detect transthyretin mutations and offer crucial information about risk, monitoring, and treatment, if needed. Transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) is a genetic condition that ...

Genetic testing for schwannomatosis is available and may be appropriate for some people. The current test identifies a mutation in the SMARCB1 gene, which predisposes an individual to developing the ...

It’s time for genetic testing of clopidogrel response to move into the mainstream, suggests a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA) that outlines the supporting evidence ...

NEW ORLEANS — Our genes carry some of the greatest secrets about our health and our futures. And for four sisters, unlocking those secrets became lifesaving. Now they're encouraging others to do the ...