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?

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.

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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.

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

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Understand the link between cardiovascular health and genetics. Find out what cardiovascular conditions result from genetics. Learn how to uncover genetic heart conditions that may run in your family.

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Reproductive
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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?”

Genetic Hearth Disease background

Cardio Genetics

Understand the link between cardiovascular health and genetics. Find out what cardiovascular conditions result from genetics. Learn how to uncover genetic heart conditions that may run in your family.

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.

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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