Existing predictive models overstate the risks for Ashkenazi Jewish women of developing breast cancer. That’s according to a paper led by University of Manchester researchers to be published next ...

BRCA genetic mutations, which are 10 times more common among Ashkenazi Jews than among the general U.S. population, significantly increase the risks of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer. In ...

Identifying and classifying gene mutations — which are the permanent changes in a person’s DNA genetic code — are critical in better understanding, and with research, eventually treating or preventing ...

Identifying and classifying gene mutations - which are the permanent changes in a person's DNA genetic code - are critical in better understanding, and with research, eventually treating or preventing ...

While one in 29 Ashkenazi Jews - those of Eastern Europe descent - are carriers for Tay-Sachs, one in four are carriers of at least one of the 19 disorders being screened for Sunday. The diseases ...

(BCN) — A class action lawsuit was filed Friday in federal court in San Francisco against 23andMe, a genetics information and testing company headquartered in South San Francisco. The suit broadly ...

Hackers have compiled a giant apparent list of people with Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry after taking that information from the genetic testing service 23andMe, which is now being shared on the internet.