Kian Sadeghi, the founder and CEO of Nucleus Genomics, believes every parent has a right to select the qualities they most desire in their potential future children, calling it "genetic optimization." ...

Current genetic screening guidelines fail to identify most people with an inherited condition known as familial hypercholesterolemia that can cause dangerously high cholesterol and early heart disease ...

Former NCAA athlete turned activist Kim Jones anticipates more sports organizations will follow the Olympics in banning transgender athletes from women’s sports. The International Olympic Committee is ...

Genetic testing has had a shift in the past ten years, as it has left medical laboratories and entered living rooms. Professional research facilities that once cost hundreds of dollars are now found ...

Hilton East Assisted Living Community was evacuated on Sunday night following severe water leaks. Body found in Rochester identified as missing person Rochester, N.Y. — A missing person has been ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Rochester Regional Health has launched a new genetic screening program, free of charge, to adults in our community. Almost anyone over the age of 18 is eligible to take part in the ...

A new study published in JAMA Cardiology shows familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) can be detected in newborns using a dried blood spot, a test used for other types of genetic screening in infants. The ...

When it came time to start a family, Sarah Elizabeth Orlando, 33, knew she would go about it differently. Before she was born, an in-utero amniocentesis had confirmed she carried the gene for fragile ...

A breakthrough new type of genetic testing is helping families going through in vitro fertilization by testing embryos for future risk of heart disease, psychological conditions and even adult-onset ...

This article is part of “Innovations In: Type 1 Diabetes,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex. In 2024 Stephen Rich and his colleagues ...