The webinar will provide an overview of Alzheimer's disease and the role genetics plays in disease risk and also how genetic testing for Alzheimer's differs from other types of genetic testing.
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Approximately 7 million ancestry tests have been ordered by curious consumers, most of those in the past few years. That’s a lot of DNA!. While these results have the potential to empower people with information they can then use to make changes or decisions, they can also raise questions. Where do you turn for answers?
A Genetic Counselor Guides You Through Your Testing Options
More than 1 in every 100 people has a genetic predisposition to a hereditary type of heart disease. The following webinar is presented by Amy Sturm, CGC LGC. During the webinar, Amy discusses the most common types of hereditary heart diseases
When Taylor Muhl was born, her mother was told that her baby’s two-toned skin was a birthmark. Now at 33 years old, Muhl, a musician and model, understands her two-toned skin is actually a result of a genetic condition called chimerism, which causes an individual to have two genomes, or sets of DNA.
Cancer is caused by genetic changes, known as mutations or pathogenic (disease-causing) variants, in a cell. The mutations cause the cells to grow uncontrollably and develop into tumors. The mutations that can lead to cancer occur in genes that normally prevent tumors from growing when functioning properly. These mutations can be acquired throughout a lifetime and are caused by various risk factors including aging, environmental factors, and lifestyle factors.
There are genetic tests available directly to consumers, with a sample collected at home, that provide a wide range of information from traits to ancestry, and even some health information. These genetic tests may be referred to as consumer-directed, direct-to-consumer or at-home genetic tests.
They say privacy is dead, but what about genetic privacy? This presentation, by Anya Prince, Associate Professor at the University of Iowa College of Law, will discuss the federal laws that regulate who has access to a person’s genetic information.
The joy that prenatal genetic testing has brought to gender reveal parties is undeniable: specialty cakes, powder-filled baseballs, a box full of pink or blue balloons. But that’s just one of several results you can get from prenatal testing.
Recently, I read in a newspaper article that I would soon be able to get my entire genome sequenced for less than $1,000. That’s crazy! Is this true? I thought that genome sequencing would cost like a billion dollars. Should I do it?