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The best home DNA kits can provide a window into our ancestry, genetic traits, and overall health. They can trace family ...

Recently, my dad discovered a family secret: In the 1960s, one of his first cousins, now deceased, fathered a previously unknown child with a woman who placed the baby for adoption. The records were ...

Even though a large proportion of cancer patients carry genetic mutations that make them more susceptible to cancer, only a ...

Researchers at the University of Nottingham have developed a new genetic test that can diagnose brain tumours in as little as 2 hours. The test, called ROBIN, uses PromethION nanopore sequencing to ...

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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 ...

A few years ago, a patient of mine—let's call her Pandora—purchased four DNA testing kits as holiday gifts for herself and her siblings. She had seen the TV ads promising that a few ounces of spit ...