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Georgie Bellette flew from Hobart to Canberra earlier this week to speak to politicians about her experience.

Georgie saw a call-out for genetic testing. Months later, she was undergoing a double mastectomy

Wider access to publicly funded genetic testing for some diseases has been urged after a study of 10,000 young people found 200 with high-risk gene variants.

  • Broede Carmody

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Tenielle Jordan, 36, was diagnosed with stage 2 colorectal cancer after “precautionary” investigations.

Tenielle thought her surgery was just a precaution. Then she woke up

Australians with rare and less common cancers face a greater risk of death and misdiagnosis, as well as higher out-of-pocket costs.

  • Kate Aubusson
Tatyana Leonov with her daughter, Millie, who has Angelman syndrome.

My daughter has a disability. AI could help me ‘see’ her run, but I’m torn

Millie, who lives with Angelman syndrome, has just learnt to walk, but is it fair for me to use technology to render a virtual future that may not be hers?

  • Tatyana Leonov
Danielle and Leon Green at home in Western Australia with photos of their children Sonny and Airlie.

What change must come from these parents’ darkest hour

This is not simply about offering heartbroken parents closure, although it will. Greater genetic testing is also about preventing future tragedies.

  • The Herald's View
Danielle and Leon Green at home in Western Australia.

A coroner couldn’t tell Danielle how her son died. Then she lost her daughter

After losing her two babies, Danielle Green wants genetic testing introduced in the post-mortem investigations of young people.

  • Frances Howe
KJ Muldoon after a follow up dose of an experimental gene editing treatment at the hospital in April 2025

Baby KJ was born with a rare, deadly disease. A one-of-a-kind gene tweak healed him

As KJ thrives, doctors hope the world-first treatment can someday help millions of people left behind because their genetic conditions are so uncommon.

  • Laura Ungar
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Composite image of Allan Spigelman and excerpts from a letter sent by St Vincent’s Hospital to patients

Doctor accused of widespread record errors in St Vincent’s Hospital genetic cancer debacle

An eminent cancer genetics doctor has been accused of widespread errors affecting hundreds of patients at St Vincent’s hospital. 

  • Kate Aubusson
Jon Snow is reunited with his dire wolf, Ghost, in the Game of Thrones finale.

‘Good lord, this thing is huge’: Pups bred using DNA from extinct dire wolf

Two brothers – Romulus and Remus – and a younger female pup called Khaleesi, after the popular Game of Thrones character, were genetically engineered by a US lab.

  • Christina Larson
Anne Wojcicki

$9 billion wipeout: Millions of people’s DNA up for sale as 23andMe goes bankrupt

The company has collected DNA from saliva samples from more than 15 million customers around the world.

  • Wyatte Grantham-Philips
Maddie Thwaites and Ciaran McAuley with their two-year-old daughter, Mairead.

‘I am just so thankful’: The test that let little Mairead beat the odds

The findings of a landmark genetic study bolster calls for the federal government to establish a free expanded carrier screening program.

  • Kate Aubusson

Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/topic/genetics-jr4