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Genetic counseling is the professional interaction between a healthcare provider with specialized knowledge of genetics and an individual or family.
… Genetic Counseling … Genetic counseling is the professional interaction between a … knowledge of genetics and an individual or family. … Genetic Counseling, Healthcare, Prenatal Testing, Genetic Disease, Genetic Disorder, Health …
Talking Glossary
Cell-free DNA testing is a laboratory method that involves analyzing free (i.e., non-cellular) DNA contained within a biological sample, most often to look for genomic variants associated with a hereditary or genetic disorder.
… Cell-Free DNA Testing … Cell-free DNA testing is a laboratory method that … look for genomic variants associated with a hereditary or genetic disorder. … Cell-free DNA testing is a laboratory … look for genomic variants associated with a hereditary or genetic disorder. For example, prenatal cell-free DNA testing …
For Patients and Families
Genetic professionals provide information and support to individuals or families who have genetic disorders or may be at risk for inherited conditions.
… Genetic professionals work as members of health care teams … and support to individuals or families who have genetic disorders or may be at risk for inherited conditions. … medical, social and ethical decisions surrounding genetic testing. Provide support and information to help a person …
For Patients and Families
A list of genetic, orphan and rare diseases under investigation by researchers at or associated with the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… Many human diseases have a genetic component. Some of these conditions are under … Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). … This list of genetic, orphan and rare diseases is provided for … … Genetic Disorder, Genetic Disease, Gene Editing, Genetic Testing, Chromosomes … A list of genetic, orphan and rare …
News Release
A simple blood draw is replacing a giant needle to the belly for testing their fetuses for a range of genetic disorders.
… blood draw is replacing a giant needle to the belly for testing their fetuses for a range of genetic disorders. This non-invasive blood test, combined … journal Prenatal Diagnosis . "Because there are too few genetic counselors, OB/GYNs will be called on to communicate …
Professional Development Programs
The JHU/NIH Genetic Counseling Training Program addresses the growing need for genetic counseling services.
… have collaborated to develop and support the JHU/NIH Genetic Counseling Training Program (GCTP), a competitive … graduate program that addresses the growing need for genetic counseling services. … The accelerated discovery of … needs, ranging from clients seeking disease susceptibility testing to those wanting to know if a therapeutic treatment …
News Release
NIH researchers have developed a breath test that measures how well patients with methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) respond to receiving liver or combined liver and kidney transplantation.
Media Availability
Type 2 diabetes is a disease that affects ten percent of the world's population, but the genetics underlying the disease remain poorly understood.
… A comprehensive investigation of the underlying genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes has unveiled the most detailed look at the genetic differences that increase a person's risk for disease … 2 diabetes, diabetes, genetics and diabetes, blood sugar testing, genetic risk, Francis Collins research … Type 2 …
Fact Sheets
Newborn screening tests use a dried blood sample collected during the first week after birth to measure the presence of disease biomarkers.
… the risk to newborns that the identification of specific genetic variants , such as a predisposition to a disease, … genome sequencing in addition, or instead of, existing testing programs? Are there additional considerations to … the presence of disease biomarkers. … Newborn Screening, Genetic Testing, Healthcare, Genetic Material, Gene Mutation, …
Educational Resources
Genetic discrimination is prejudice directed against people who have or may have a genetic disease.
… Genetic Discrimination … Genetic discrimination is prejudice directed against people who have or may have a genetic disease. … Genetic Discrimination, GINA, Genetic …