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  • Genetic testing is helping doctors identify rare diseases earlier, opening the door to treatment options before symptoms appear.

  • New structural variation sequencing reads long stretches of fetal DNA to pinpoint duplications, flips, and rearrangements, revealing which changes truly matter.

  • If at least two of your close family members have had a brain aneurysm, genetic testing may help identify if you’re at risk.

  • DNA changes in certain blood cancers may signal progression to acute myeloid leukemia or myelofibrosis years before routine blood tests detect them.

  • Advances in genome sequencing are giving more families access to prenatal genetic testing and new information about an unborn baby's health, including whether genetic changes may be linked to a .

  • Genetic testing can help doctors diagnose some neurological disorders, such as Huntington’s disease.

  • Insurance covers some genetic tests, such as BRCA tests for breast cancer, if you meet certain requirements.

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  • Genetic testing can be a fearful, daunting, overwhelming, exciting, or joyful experience.

  • Genetic testing for ATTR can detect transthyretin mutations and offer crucial information about risk, monitoring, and treatment, if needed.