The Clinical Genetics and Genetic Counseling Service at Fred Hutch Cancer Center offers cancer ... The most commonly tested genes are the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. Disease-causing mutations (changes) in ...

Genetics is the branch of science concerned with genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms. It seeks to understand the process of trait inheritance from parents to offspring, including ...

Following a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and beans, while limiting consumption of red and processed meats, ...

Clinical genetics involves the study, counselling and treatment of individuals and families with heritable disorders and disease predisposition. Diagnostic tools include standard ontologies for ...

Even two women with the same cancer gene mutation—such as the 185delAG mutation of BRCA1 found in the Hispanic women featured in "The Secret of San Luis Valley"—may experience very different ...

Ovarian cancer, historically challenging to diagnose due to vague early symptoms, often reaches advanced stages before ...

18, 2025 — New research suggests that decreased activity of ELOVL2 -- a key enzyme in lipid metabolism -- accelerates white blood cell aging and alters genes associated with the onset of blood ...

The impact of nature and nurture on an individual's health is widely recognized, yet a recent study shows one may play a more important role than the other.

Background: With the rapid advancement of gene sequencing technologies, Traditional weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA), which relies on pairwise gene relationships, struggles to ...

Sporadic HGSOC <60 years thus reached a score of 15–19 points within the 10% grouping consistent with the 15/113–13.2% that were identified with a BRCA1/2 pathogenic variant. Validation in a ...