Genes contain instructions for all of our traits – eye color, hair color, aspects of our health – many things that make us who we are. Although we can’t see them, genes are in the millions of cells throughout our bodies. Genes are found in structures called chromosomes, which are also in our cells. Genes are made up of chemical building blocks, which is DNA. When we have kids, we pass our genes down to them through our sperm cells (if we are males) or egg cells (if we are females). Sperm and egg cells contain half of our chromosomes (and half of our genes). View More

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Pediatric Medical Genetics background

Pediatric
Genetics

Genome Medical offers pediatric medical genetics counseling, genetic test recommendations, and long-term pediatric care planning for a wide range of childhood genetic conditions.

Reproductive genetics background

Reproductive
Genetics

Genome Medical offers reproductive genetic counseling, genetic test recommendations and long-term reproductive health planning to women and couples starting a family.

What is Genetic-Testing?

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?

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 and genetics background

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?”

Reproductive genetics background

Pediatric Genetics

Genome Medical offers pediatric medical genetics counseling, genetic test recommendations, and long-term pediatric care planning for a wide range of childhood genetic conditions.

Pediatric Medical Genetics background

Reproductive Genetics

Genome Medical offers reproductive genetic counseling, genetic test recommendations and long-term reproductive health planning to women and couples starting a family.

What is Genetic-Testing?

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?

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 and genetics background

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?”

Genetics 101

The Benefits of Genetic Testing and Understanding Your Genome

The Genome Medical Experience

Genetics 101

The Benefits of Genetic Testing and Understanding Your Genome

The Genome Medical Experience