genetic testing

September 18, 2023

Many people who underwent a cancer screening were content to pass up an accompanying consult, a UW Medicine-led study found. 

April 17, 2023

When a diverse group of patients were invited to take a genetic risk test for common, preventable diseases, only 7% accepted.

January 17, 2023

Treatment of childhood-onset hearing loss can be more precisely tailored with information on specific genetic cause.  

October 5, 2022

Dr. Danny E. Miller hopes to advance new sequencing technologies to solve undiagnosed genetic disorders.

December 2, 2021

Findings suggest men undergoing cancer-risk genetic testing should be tested for mutations in this gene as well.

October 6, 2020

These National Institutes of Health grants will support  trailblazing ideas for solving critical questions in biomedical science.

July 1, 2020

A national partnership, funded by the NIH, will evaluate the use of genomic information in the health care of diverse participants

Dr. Swisher in her lab
May 26, 2020

There is currently no way to detect ovarian cancer early. But genetic testing enables doctors to identify a person's risk and may help prevent the cancer.

October 2, 2019

The National Cancer Institute will fund research of how screenings in that environment affect patient outcomes and health systems’ resources. 

July 3, 2019

Names that label certain cancer risk genes as sex- or organ-specific can dissuade people who need to be tested, according to Nature commentary.

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