{"id":78175,"date":"2025-08-12T22:18:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T22:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/78175\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T22:18:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T22:18:10","slug":"new-genome-bc-funded-projects-on-genetic-testing-for-hereditary-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/78175\/","title":{"rendered":"New Genome BC-funded Projects on Genetic Testing for Hereditary Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Genome British Columbia\u00a0shared a post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/genome-british-columbia_genomicsforcancercare-genetictesting-hereditarycancer-activity-7360701999849377792-Ha-p?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAEaJVnMB_il1FHW4_BHGsz7p3xLK20b5mA8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThousands of lives in BC could be saved through genetic testing for hereditary cancer but access is limited, and many people don\u2019t even know it\u2019s an option.<\/p>\n<p>What if we could change that?<\/p>\n<p>Two Genome BC-funded projects are working to expand access to genetic testing:<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Lesa Dawson (The University of British Columbia Obstetrics, Womens Research, Gynecologic Cancer Initiative) is advancing population-based testing.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Intan Schrader (UBC Medical Genetics Medical, BC Cancer) and Dr. Samantha Pollard (Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University, BC Children\u2019s Hospital Foundation) are leading efforts in cascade carrier testing.<\/p>\n<p>These teams are:<\/p>\n<p>Listening to communities<br \/>\nExamining medical system challenges<br \/>\nDesigning and piloting real-world solutions<\/p>\n<p>This is about more than innovation \u2013 it\u2019s about building a system that saves lives and works for everyone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genomebc.ca\/blog\/research-to-learn-whats-needed-in-genetic-testing-for-cancer-risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Learn more<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/OncoDaily-Genome-British-Columbia-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Geetic Testing\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" title=\"New Genome BC-funded Projects on Genetic Testing for Hereditary Cancer 1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>More posts featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/oncodaily.com\/tag\/genetic-testing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Genetic Testing<\/a>\u00a0on OncoDaily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Genome British Columbia\u00a0shared a post on LinkedIn: \u201cThousands of lives in BC could be saved through genetic testing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[200,79],"class_list":{"0":"post-78175","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-genetics","8":"tag-genetics","9":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}