Gypsy Rose Blanchard revealed that her daughter, Aurora, tested negative for 1q21.1 microdeletion, which is a genetic condition that she has. In light of the announcement, many people are wondering ...

Blanchard was first diagnosed with microdeletion 1Q21.1 in 2012 Gypsy-Rose Blanchard/Instagram Gypsy-Rose Blanchard's daughter has not inherited the rare genetic condition that she has. On Wednesday, ...

You might know that some prenatal tests screen for Down syndrome and other chromosomal disorders, but you may not have heard of microdeletions. This type of chromosomal disorder is more common than ...

In a recent study published in the Genes journal, researchers assessed the impact of PARK2 duplication or microdeletion on neurological diseases such as Parkinson's. The Parkinson's disease 2 (PARK2) ...

Diagnosis of 22q11.2 microdeletion syndrome should be considered in patients with malformation of the kidney. Dysmorphia, abnormal voice, cardiac malformations or hypoparathyroidism are clues to the ...

Autism and mental retardation (MR) show high rates of comorbidity and potentially share genetic risk factors. In this study, a rare ∼2 Mb microdeletion involving chromosome band 15q13.3 was detected ...

Researchers are closer to solving the puzzle of a complex neurological condition called 15q13.3 microdeletion syndrome. Individuals with this condition are missing a small piece of chromosome 15 that ...

Some of the tests look for missing snippets of chromosomes. For every 15 times they correctly find a problem ... … they are wrong 85 times By Sarah Kliff and Aatish ...

Researchers are closer to solving the puzzle of a complex neurological condition called 15q13.3 microdeletion syndrome. Individuals with this condition are missing a small piece of chromosome 15 that ...

The definitive diagnosis of fetal aneuploidy and genomic imbalances requires invasive collection of fetal cells through amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling. These methods are associated with ...