For years, two siblings with the distinctive facial features of Treacher Collins syndrome had no genetic explanation for their condition. Exome sequencing came back clean. Chromosomal microarray found ...

BACKGROUND: Genetic variants in components or regulators of the RAS-MAPK signaling pathway are causative for severe and early-onset hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in patients with Noonan syndrome ...

A multimillion-pound industry has sprung up promising it can detect sensitivities to certain ingredients with a simple remote finger prick test. But the results can be misleading – and even dangerous ...

Medically reviewed by Daniel Combs, MD Clinical signs raise suspicion for Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), but genetic testing ...

Infertility is often perceived as a woman's health issue. Clinically speaking, we witness a different situation. The World Health Organisation, together with the International Committee for Monitoring ...

A closely watched clinical trial in Britain that screened blood for early detection of cancer did not show a reduction in diagnoses at later stages of the disease. By Rebecca Robbins and Gina Kolata A ...

JA Rosenfeld is an employee of Signature Genomic Laboratories, a subsidiary of PerkinElmer, Inc. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or ...

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