Jewish Genetic Screening Awareness Week Day 5: Why It’s Important for Interfaith Couples To #GetJScreened While there are a number of diseases commonly found in people with Jewish background,...
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Jewish Genetic Screening Awareness Week Day 4: Ashkenazi? Sephardi? Mizrahi? Why JScreen Matters for Everyone of Jewish Ancestry Medical professionals agree that every Jewish adult should be offered genetic testing...
Jewish Genetic Screening Awareness Week Day 3: BRCA Awareness Ashkenazi Jews are at ten times greater risk to have a mutation in the BRCA genes, increasing their risk for...
Jewish Genetic Screening Awareness Week Day 1: More than just Tay-Sachs Tay-Sachs is certainly the most well-known Jewish genetic disease, with 1 in 30 Ashkenazi Jews carrying the recessive...
Last Day of February Effort Helps Raise the Awareness of Rare Genetic Diseases Contact: Jason Edelstein, (510) 239-1102 (ATLANTA) – JScreen, a national non-profit community based genetic screening and...
By: Megan Castiel While there aren’t any decorations or songs involved, Random Acts of Kindness Day should nonetheless be celebrated. This day might not seem special if you try...
by Rachel W. The 12 Fruits and What We Can Take Away From Them 1. Wheat Wheat makes up a large majority of many of our diets- just...
JScreen mourns the loss of our friend and fellow Jewish genetic disease activist, Randy Yudenfriend Glaser. Randy cofounded the Jewish Genetic Disease Consortium after giving birth to two children,...
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