Understanding a Negative Genetic Test Result
June 2022 True Negative vs Uninformative Negative One of the most important areas to understand about genetic testing is the types of results and what they mean. For today’s post, I will focus specifically on what information we can learn from a negative result. To review, genetic testing is looking for mutations, or variants, which are like spelling mistakes within our DNA. An example of this would be looking for variants within the genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 in an individual wit
