- By Jessica Profato, MS, CGC
- Posted February 15, 2018
Using Family History to Guide Cancer Prevention
There are many factors that impact your patients’ risk to develop certain cancers, including whether or not they have a family history of the disease, which can significantly impact the likelihood they may develop cancers such as breast, colorectal, and prostate. Individuals with a strong family history of cancer may have a hereditary cancer…
- By David Pfeifer
- Posted December 18, 2017
Have a Little Heart: The Growing Segment of Cardiovascular Genetics
From consumers, to physicians to genetic counselors, the importance of heart health is taking center stage in genetics. Clinicians from all specialties are recognizing the benefits of cardiovascular genetic testing; inherited arrhythmias, cardiomyopathies, thoracic aortic aneurysms, and familial hypercholesterolemia are becoming more commonly discussed…
- By Aaron Schmidt
- Posted December 18, 2017
Ambry Celebrates a Milestone Year
Ambry Celebrates a Milestone Year Ambry is looking forward to an exciting 2018, after experiencing a year of reaching important milestones and seeing many changes in 2017. From joining the Konica Minolta family, to the launch of our paired testing in our mission to understand all disease, to say it was a busy year is an understatement. Test Launches…
- By Billy Chen
- Posted December 13, 2017
Finding Answers to Neurological Disorders with Clinical Exome Sequencing
At Ambry, “Finding Answers” is at the core of what we do. We know patients and clinicians depend on us to find answers that help them better understand diseases, and improve outcomes. 2017 has been a busy and productive year for Ambry. In particular, using Ambry’s clinical exome test, ExomeNext, we have been successful in identifying…
- By Jessica Profato, MS, CGC
- Posted December 6, 2017
How Ambry Affected Hereditary Cancer Testing in 2017
It has been an exciting and busy year at Ambry Genetics, packed with steps forward on our path towards understanding all human disease. We have continued our dedication, not only to quality testing, but to innovation, research, and patient advocacy. As we reach the end of 2017, we look forward to an even more impactful 2018 and working together…
- By Shonee Lesh MS, CGC
- Posted November 17, 2017
Why Family History and Genetic Testing Should Always Go Together
I have been a genetic counselor for nearly 20 years and in that time, I have worked with everything from prenatal to adult genetics. No matter which discipline I was working in, family history was always my number one tool. Everybody’s personal and family history can hold clues to the types of diseases for which they may be at risk. Therefore,…
- By Billy Chen
- Posted November 15, 2017
Precision Medicine for Epilepsy is Within our Reach
Precision medicine is an emerging healthcare model built on the idea that drugs designed to target precise genetic causes of diseases will be cheaper, safer and most importantly, more effective for patients with a mutation. Although precision medicine applies to all therapeutic areas, the rapid progress in identifying new epilepsy genes represents…
- By Taylor Leigh
- Posted November 10, 2017
Why Genetic Counselors are Integral to Ambry
In our more than 20 years of operation, Ambry has come a long way. Looking back, it’s important to remember that we would not be “Ambry Genetics” without our genetic counselors. Ambry is built on the foundation of quality genetic testing that helps people find answers – and genetic counselors have been with us from the beginning, working…
- By Aaron Schmidt
- Posted October 23, 2017
Ambry Contributes to the Genetic Community’s Scientific Knowledge at ASGH
Ambry strives to always present impactful research that moves the science of genetics forward at tradeshows and conferences throughout the year. Below, are summaries of the research we presented at this year's American Society of Human Genetic's Annual Meeting. Black, M.H., et al: Type 2 Diabetes Variants Contribute to Breast Cancer Risk…
- By Tiffany Au
- Posted October 19, 2017
Ambry Honored as Member of the Civic 50 Orange County
Ambry was founded on a single vision, with a single mission, by a single person – Charles Dunlop. He believed the world would be a better place if all human disease was understood. Fueled by this vision and frustrated with the politics of academia during his education, Charlie built a genetics lab with a group of scientists whose only goal was…