Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine identified previously undiagnosed genetic conditions in many critically ill adults admitted to intensive care units, challenging the longstanding belief ...

When Mayo Clinic researchers sequenced the genomes of 484 seemingly healthy adults, they found that about 13% carried a serious, previously unrecognized genetic risk—conditions those patients did not ...

Genomic testing—sequencing an individual’s entire genome or all of their genes—has become affordable and accessible enough to serve as a key diagnostic tool. In fact, its use in infants and children ...

PHILADELPHIA -- The first time the seemingly healthy woman gave birth, she went into heart failure. She recovered and went on to deliver her second child a few years later. Doctors cleared the woman ...

Penn Medicine researchers have identified genetic conditions in a large percent of adults admitted to the intensive care unit, dispelling the belief that genetic testing only benefits a pediatric ...