University of Navarra (Spain) researchers have developed RNACOREX, a new open-source software capable of identifying gene ...

This year saw notable progress in head and neck cancers, Huntington's disease, personalized genetic therapy, and heart ...

In 2023, Jill Martin took a test that changed her life. She underwent genetic testing for breast cancer and learned she had a BRCA2 mutation, which increases one’s risk of developing breast and other ...

Cases of colorectal cancer in younger adults are climbing worldwide, driven by lifestyle changes and inherited genetic risks.

Whitney Maxwell, MS, CGC, stands at the helm of the Inherited Cancer Research Shared Resource at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, overseeing a dynamic team of genetic counselors, ...

Genetic risk models and variant classification tools are refining breast cancer risk assessment by identifying high-risk individuals for intensive surveillance or targeted therapies, while guiding ...

Cancer genetics is the field that elucidates how genetic and epigenetic alterations drive the transformation of normal cells into malignant tumours. At its core, cancer is a genetic disease, arising ...

Colorectal cancer — which includes cancer of the colon and of the rectum — is considered early onset when diagnosed in people ...

A pioneering study has found that an individualized approach to breast cancer screening that assesses patients' risk, rather ...

A genetic mutation that carries a 90% cancer risk has been passed on by an unwitting sperm donor to dozens of children, a Europe-wide investigation has revealed.