Genetic testing is the laboratory analysis of human chromosomes, DNA and RNA to detect genetic material and/or identify genetic changes. This article provides an overview of genetic testing techniques that range from detecting or examining a single gene to the whole genome.
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DNA sequencing is a lab method that determines the order of bases within the DNA. In medicine, it is used for diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
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Genetic testing offers many benefits, but there are also risks and limitations. Learn what information genetic testing can and can't provide.
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Genetic variants (mutations) cause genetic disorders in a number of different ways, and can affect single or multiple genes, or chromosomes.
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Understand who needs genetic testing and what you can expect from getting tested.
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Learn some of the ways that genetic testing can be used to help keep you and your family healthy, and about its non-medical applications.
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Describes how the test for FIP1L1-PDGFRA is used to help investigate the cause of hypereosinophilia, when the test is ordered, and what the results of a FIP1L1-PDGFRA test might mean. It is an abnormal fusion gene sequence that causes excessive growth of eosinophils, a type of white blood cell.
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