Part 2: Weaving Together Unlikely Allies in Defense of Good Parenting Follow this upcoming series of blog posts to track the rise of the pronatalism movement in Silicon Valley, the …
The Rebirth of Eugenics: Tech Bros and Pronatalism Read More »
The Rebirth of Eugenics: Tech Bros and PronatalismFollow this upcoming series of blog posts to track the rise of the pronatalism movement in Silicon Valley, the threads of eugenics woven …
Part 1: The Threads of 20th Century Eugenics Interwoven with Modern Pronatalism Read More »
By Andrea Schelhaas, Stephanie Meredith and Katie Stoll In November 2021 under the Accelerated Approval Program, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced approval of Voxzogo (vosoritide), a drug developed …
Pharma’s Role in Practice Guideline Development: Achondroplasia as a Case Study Read More »
By Devin Shuman, CGC (she/her) We need to talk about genetic exceptionalism. By this I mean, the notion that genetic testing is so groundbreaking that it has replaced the entire …
Genetic Exceptionalism: Medicine’s Overreliance on Genetic Testing Read More »
This article is written by Dr. Stephanie Meredith, the Development Director at Genetic Support Foundation and the Supervisor of our Lettercase National Center for Prenatal and Postnatal Resources. She is …
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Until last week, National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines reported that CHEK2 pathogenic variants (or risk-increasing genetic differences) are associated with an increased risk of colon cancer, citing a 5%-10% …
CHEK2-Associated Cancer Risk and Screening Recommendation Updates Read More »
PLUGS (Patient-centered Laboratory Utilization Guidance Services) is a non-profit laboratorystewardship organization founded in 2013 with >100 members representing hospitals, healthsystems, diagnostic companies, patient advocacy groups and payers. Seattle Children’s …
By Chase Beeler, Rachel Westman, and Devin Shuman New Developments A recent study published in Nature Medicine, and a follow up article in the New York Times, has added to …
Causation versus Susceptibility: Alzheimer’s Disease, Genetics, & APOE Read More »
Part 1: We work hard for the money (and by money, I mean $29.61) By Katie Stoll, MS, CGC In this series, we will review challenges with reimbursement for genetic …
Financial Challenges in the Fight for Independent Genetic Counseling Services Read More »
As a rare disease genetic counselor – who both has a rare genetic condition and serves rare disease patient populations as a provider – I have a Rare Disease Day …
Direct-to-Consumer is Direct-to-Chaos for Rare Disease Families Read More »
