As prenatal genetic testing becomes more common, experts explain what these tests can and cannot predict, how parents should ...

Next-generation solution gives health plans greater insight and control into genetic lab test spending. TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Avalon Healthcare Solutions, the world's first Lab ...

Genetic testing plays an important role in cystic fibrosis screening and diagnosis. It can help determine if a person has cystic fibrosis or carries gene mutations that cause it. Other tests can also ...

Genetic testing, often via a blood sample, can confirm a muscular dystrophy diagnosis. It can also identify specific gene mutations to help guide treatment and determine whether or not someone is a ...

Most consumers expect that five years from now the use of testing will have increased. However, the coding system used across the country to monitor medical tests offers few codes to describe genetic ...

It wasn’t all that long ago that we cracked the human genome, and in just a few short years we became used to direct-to-consumer genetic sequencing companies, like Ancestry.com and 23&Me, which could ...

In the United States, approximately 1.9 million new cases of cancer were expected in 2023, and more than 18 million Americans have a history of invasive cancer. 1 When an oncologist is looking across ...

Compact genetic testing device created for Covid-19 could be used to detect a range of pathogens, or conditions including cancer A virus diagnosis device that gives lab-quality results within just ...

DENVER, Colo. (KFSN) -- You've probably heard of companies like ancestry.com or 23-and-me that offer at-home genetic testing. They are just two of more than 11,000 labs in the u-s that offer this. The ...

Genetic and genomic clinical laboratory testing generates 116,000 U.S. jobs and contributes $16.5 billion annually to the U.S. economy, according to a new report released Thursday by the Battelle ...

Rare diseases are hard to diagnose and often require costly genetic testing and visits to specialists. The testing can be hard to access, especially for people who live in rural areas. Researchers at ...