Each of us has a few genes that don’t work correctly due to small changes (mutations) within them. Most times, these mutations do not affect our health and we don’t even know we have them. If you have a gene mutation, there is a 50/50 random chance that you will pass it to each of your kids. Many mutations won’t impact your kids’ health, either — unless they inherit a second mutation in the other copy of the gene from their other parent. View More
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What is Genetic Testing?
Genome Medical offers pharmacogenomics counseling, genetic test recommendations and long-term care planning to custom-tailor your medications and dosages based on your genetic makeup.

What is Genetic Counseling?
Learn more about what genetic counseling is and which genetic counseling programs are right for you or your family, answered by Genome Medical’s genetic experts.

Cancer
Genetics
Learn more about the link between cancer and genetics from the experts at Genome Medical. Find out answers to questions like “is cancer genetic?”

What is Genetic Testing?
Genome Medical offers pharmacogenomics counseling, genetic test recommendations and long-term care planning to custom-tailor your medications and dosages based on your genetic makeup.

What is Genetic Counseling?
Learn more about what genetic counseling is and which genetic counseling programs are right for you or your family, answered by Genome Medical’s genetic experts.

Cancer Genetics
Learn more about the link between cancer and genetics from the experts at Genome Medical. Find out answers to questions like “is cancer genetic?”