By Kendall K. Morgan
By Jeanne Erdmann
Erin Youngerberg loves to travel. Over the past 15 years she and a group of her college friends have been to many places: several countries …
By Kevin Davies
Imagine going for your annual medical checkup a few years from now. Your doctor requests a blood sample for the usual routine screening — cholesterol, …
Twenty-five years ago this fall, Mary-Claire King and her colleagues made one of the great discoveries in genetics research: mapping the location of a gene …
By Len D. Lichtenfeld
Scientific research is often difficult to understand and interpret, even for those of us who do it frequently. Translating research into sound bites that fit …
By Abigail Fagan
In 2006, the NIH launched a $300 million initiative called The Cancer Genome Atlas to create a dataset of genomic changes across an array of …
By Sonya Collins
Cervical cancer was once the number-one killer of women in the U.S. That all changed when the Pap test went into widespread use in the …
By Laura Hercher
Recently, the FDA announced that consumer genetics pioneer 23andMe could begin telling customers if they test positive for one of three specific inherited mutations in …
By Greg Uyeno
Patients with liver cancer can find their options limited, especially in later stages when damaged tissue and tumor growth in mass or numbers can make …
By Lauren Arcuri
The function of the body’s immune system deteriorates as we age, making us more susceptible to infection. Now, a study published in PNAS in February …
By Dyani Sabin
A team of researchers has developed a vaccine in mice that they believe can be used to inoculate a person against cancer, even before tumors …
By Audrey Carson
Liquid biopsies, or blood tests that identify the genetic makeup of cancerous tumors, could soon help guide patients to personalized treatment options faster. The tests …
On January 12, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first treatment for breast cancer patients who have inherited mutations in their BRCA genes. By …
By Heather Millar
I’m sitting with about a dozen other women around a table in a biotech startup office south of Market Street in San Francisco, California. We’re …
By Knvul Sheikh
A test that can quickly detect cancer-causing mutations in 324 genes has gained approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and a green light …
As a 40-year veteran communications specialist in health policy, David Mitchell of Potomac, Maryland, knew all the health campaigns by heart. “Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, …
On October 18, the Food and Drug Administration approved a second groundbreaking drug that uses patients’ own genetically modified immune cells to attack cancer. The treatment, …
In April 2012, Emily Whitehead became the first pediatric patient ever to receive experimental, genetically modified T cells to treat her life-threatening acute lymphoblastic leukemia …
At 56 years old, Dave deBronkart found himself “facing the grave,” he says. Blindsided by a diagnosis of stage 4 kidney cancer in 2007, he …
By Lena Huang
Precision medicine was a main focus at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s (ASCO) annual meeting, themed “Collective Wisdom: The Future of Patient-Centered Care and …
In two studies released this week, we are learning more about the connection between dogs and humans that goes beyond man’s best friend. Genome’s spring …
By John Lugo
A new study reveals that more than a third of women diagnosed with breast cancer show interest in genetic testing either for their own risk of developing other …
