Reproductive Genetics

Last year, a man in his early 70’s was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. His two daughters didn’t realize how his diagnosis affected their own health, but when a genetic test to determine how his cancer might respond to a new treatment revealed a BRCA2 mutation, his children turned to genetic…

Huntington’s disease is a genetic condition that impacts the brain and, over time, affects a person’s ability to control the movement of the arms, legs, face and torso (called chorea).  It can lead to changes in personality and mental health and, over time, dementia. It begins most often in adulthood.…

“Neurofibromatosis” can refer to one of three different genetic disorders: neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) and schwannomatosis. NF1 and NF2 are associated with an increased risk to develop certain types of benign (non-cancerous) tumors as well as cancers. NF1 is also associated with distinctive skin pigment differences…