NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Groups representing pediatricians and geneticists issued new recommendations on Thursday to provide doctors with guidance about when to test a child's DNA for genetic conditions. Full story
Would you want to know if your child was predisposed to developing dimentia or Alzheimer's? Some people do, and they're willing to have their children undergo genetic testing to see what's there. Is there any value in knowing these risks? Time's Rick Stengel joins Morning Joe to discuss.
Genetic testing allows treatments designed for individual patients. NBC's Mark Barger reports.
A view shows the headquarters of Life Technologies Corp in Carlsbad, California April 15, 2013. Genetic testing equipment maker Life Technologies Corp has accepted a $13.6 billion cash buyout proposal from scientific and laboratory instruments company Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc in one of the year