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A Reflection On the NSGC 2018 Conference
NEWS CORNER A Reflection On the NSGC 2018 Conference by Daniel Luksic Last week, I was a first time attendee of the National Society of Genetic Counselors annual conference. This conference is held once a year and is a national assembly of those who work in the field...
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Nobody Likes Uncertainty
NEWS CORNER Nobody Likes Uncertainty Guest post by Marisa Vomvos, M.S. On October 16th, 2018, the New York Times published an article about variants of uncertain significance in genetic test results [1]. This article made reference to a study by researchers at Myriad...
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Missing Opportunities to Prevent Ovarian Cancer
NEWS CORNER Missing Opportunities to Prevent Ovarian Cancer Approximately 1 in 5 women diagnosed with ovarian cancer have an inherited mutation in a gene that helps explain why ovarian cancer was developed. About two-thirds of the time, the mutation will be found in...
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Care about Rare: ODA in Danger?
NEWS CORNER Care About Rare: ODA in Danger? Guest blog post by Connie Selinsky On August 16th, 2018 a drug called WVE-210201 was granted orphan drug and rare pediatric disease designations by the FDA. What Makes A Disease Rare? In the US, a rare disease was defined in...
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