One year ago, Color Genomics — a genetic testing startup created by former Google and Twitter leaders Othman Laraki and Elad Gil, PhD — began sending risk tests for breast and ovarian cancer. Now it’s ...

A test in the Triad that can tell if you have an increased chance of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, colon cancer and heart ...

Genetic tests for cancer can run thousands of dollars, but Color Genomics plans to change that: it's offering testing for the cancer risk variants BRCA1 and BRCA2 — as well as 17 others — for $249, ...

Color, a population genomics and healthcare technology company that counts Apple, Verily and, most recently, Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health among its partners, has closed a $75 million funding ...

When a patient has an inherited cancer-associated gene, it is desirable — but not easy — to have other family members tested. In the United States, the difficulty primarily stems from privacy ...

Colorectal cancer is officially the leading cause of cancer-related death among younger men, according to a January report by the American Cancer Society. It is also the second leading cause for women ...

An expert in the field revealed how genetic testing works, what it means and what steps to take if your family history points to an elevated risk of cancer. Genetic testing, as the name suggests, ...

Doctor showing tablet screen to female patient, explaining the results of a genetic test. This story is one of many exploring recent advances in the science of longevity and aging. Whereas prior ...

Neurofibromatosis type 2 is most often diagnosed based on the presence of physical symptoms that are part of the specific diagnostic criteria for the disorder. Genetic testing for the NF2 mutation is ...