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VUS Detectives: Recognizing the Individuals Who Seek to Understand Genomic Variants

October 22, 2017 Dawn Laney, MS, CGC, CCRC | ThinkGenetic Co-Founder 1 Comment

“Thanks for the genetic testing results, but what do they MEAN?!!” could be the unifying cry of thousands of patients and family members after receiving genetic test results that show… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: ClinVar, Dawn Laney, Emory University, Find My Variant, Free the Data, InformedDNA, Karmen Trzupek, Morgan Simmons, PROMPT, Retinitis pigmentosa, Simons VIP, University of Washington, variant, variant of uncertain significance, VOUS, VUS

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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