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Could a Biological Trojan Horse Help Us Cure Genetic Diseases?

August 8, 2018 Morgan Simmons, MMSc, CGC 10 Comments

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Most medical treatments fall into four broad categories based on their goal: Preventive/prophylactic – avoiding the disease altogether Disease management – taking steps to ensure a long and healthy life… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: clinical trials, disease management, DNA, gene therapy, genes, genetic condition, genetic counseling, genetic counselor, genetic disease, genetic disorder, genetic testing, germ line cells, inherited condition, Morgan Simmons, personalized medicine, Rare Disease, somatic cells, treatment genetic disease

Do You Love Your Genetic Condition?

March 14, 2018 Morgan Simmons, MMSc, CGC Leave a Comment

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Over the last few years, I’ve had the opportunity to work with patients at various stages in their diagnostic odyssey. I’ve seen people who have lived their whole lives knowing… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education, News Tagged With: diagnosis, diagnostic odyssey, genes, genetic condition, genetic counseling, genetic diagnosis, genetic disease, Marfan syndrome, Morgan Simmons, Rare Disease Day

Everyone’s a Mutant, After All – The Difference between Gene Mutations and Polymorphisms

September 13, 2017 Morgan Simmons, MMSc, CGC 1 Comment

If DNA is our body’s instructions for how to grow, develop, and function, then a change in these instructions must be bad, right? Turns out, not so much. In fact,… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: direct-to-consumer testing, DNA, DTC genetic testing, gene mutation, genes, Morgan Simmons, mutation, polymorphism, VOUS, VUS

In the Gray – Understanding Variants of Uncertain Significance or VUS in Your Genetic Testing

February 3, 2017 Morgan Simmons, MMSc, CGC 4 Comments

The acronyms VUS and VOUS stands for “variant of uncertain significance.” Just as it sounds, a VUS means that your genetic testing found a variant or change in one or… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: disease, family studies, genes, genetic testing, genetics, health issue, laboratories, labs, Morgan Simmons, nucleotides, variant of uncertain significance, VOUS, VUS

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