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April 3, 2019

Genetic counselling: Answering the questions after the diagnosis

The key aim of genetic counselling is to dispel fears. Coming to terms with a genetic illness in the family can leave a person with many questions. What does this…

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February 8, 2018

First glimpse of how genes may cause mental health problems

Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and autism seem to have some similar effects on the brain. Analysing gene activity is taking us a step closer to understanding what causes such mental health…

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January 23, 2018

Genome Canada’s LSARP Competition supporting GenCOUNSEL project

Genome Canada’s 2017 Large-Scale Applied Research Project (LSARP) Competition will support six innovative projects led or co-led by investigators at BC Children’s Hospital, an agency of the Provincial Health Services…

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January 31, 2017

What if we cured fentanyl addiction through genetics?

As U.S. company prepares to expand into Canada, one critic says testing is ‘nowhere near’ useful.

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June 22, 2016

Blazing paths in genetic counselling

As genetic analysis is increasingly used in the clinic to help put a name to a patient’s symptoms or evaluate someone’s predisposition to an inherited disease, genetic counsellors have become…

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April 11, 2016

Release from Shame: Genetic counselling can relieve people of guilt that accompanies mental illness

Many people enter genetic counselling to find out whether they will pass an illness to their children or to understand the causes of their condition.

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March 21, 2016

Is this mutation causing your teenager’s anxiety?

A common genetic variant that changes how your brain is wired during adolescence could help explain why anxiety disorders most often strike in the teen years, a new study finds.