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genetic testing
January 25, 2023, 11:34 am
JScreen’s 4th Annual Jewish Genetic Screening Awareness Week
A week of powerful events, timely information, and resources to raise awareness of the importance of genetic screening.
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Compiled by AJT staff
October 17, 2022, 10:40 am
Designer Babies? Hi-tech Genetic Testing Could Start in Israel
Unlike simpler forms of testing used in IVF today, screening for polygenic diseases doesn’t offer a clear diagnosis but rather a ‘risk score’ for a Pandora’s box full of conditions.
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Nirit Sandman Eriksson
February 20, 2019, 1:35 pm
Jews, Genes and JScreen: What’s New in Jewish Genetics?
Ancestry testing services such as 23andMe and AncestryDNA are increasingly popular, with answers to questions about histories that have never been widely available before.
By
Eddie Samuels
May 25, 2018, 7:29 am
JScreen Your Way to Date With Grant Hubsher
The ER doctor and former "Bachelorette" contestant is helping promote Jewish genetic testing.
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Atlanta Jewish Times
October 19, 2017, 4:44 pm
Bonnie Rochman Tests Limits of Ethical Science
Except for abortion, "The Gene Machine" succeeds at exploring the benefits and risks of genetic screening.
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Sierra Weiss
September 15, 2017, 3:24 pm
JScreen: Healthy Generation Is a Spit Test Away
The latest screening for Jewish and interfaith couples checks for more than 200 genetic diseases.
By
Karen Grinzaid
June 12, 2017, 12:51 am
JScreen Doubles List of Tested Genetic Diseases
More than 200 conditions, half of them common in the general population, are now checked.
By
Kevin C. Madigan
October 5, 2016, 4:18 pm
JScreen: A Genetic Mitzvah to Start the Year
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Atlanta Jewish Times
November 9, 2015, 12:00 pm
Wolpe Uncorks Bottle Holding Genetic Genie
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June 12, 2012, 5:59 pm
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Atlanta Jewish Times
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