VARIANTYX POSTS
Disease predisposition risk: what to consider beyond cancer
Today, we’re taking a look at disease predisposition risk for conditions other than cancer with a focus on hemochromatosis and alpha-1 trypsin deficiency.
Cancer predisposition variants: looking beyond BRCA1/2
It’s important to understand that direct-to-consumer testing services like 23andMe and others look at only a small number of variants for each condition. For BRCA1 and BRCA2, that number can be as low as only 3 variants when thousands more have been identified.
September is Healthy Aging Month!
Because it’s never too early or too late to ensure we’re on the right path with our health, we’re using the Healthy Aging Month campaign to take a look at the important benefits of proactive genetic testing.
Spotlight on Huntington’s disease
Huntington’s disease is caused by expansion of the CAG repeat in the Huntington (HTT) gene, which is one of more than 20 tandem repeat expansions analyzed by the Genomic Unity™ test.
Spotlight on hereditary peripheral neuropathies
There are a number of neuropathies that are genetic in origin. They may be inherited in an autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive or X-linked manor. They may also arise de novo.