"Genetic Testing" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Detection of a MUTATION; GENOTYPE; KARYOTYPE; or specific ALLELES associated with genetic traits, heritable diseases, or predisposition to a disease, or that may lead to the disease in descendants. It includes prenatal genetic testing.
| Descriptor ID |
D005820
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.225.562 E05.200.562 E05.393.435 N02.421.308.430 N02.421.726.233.221
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| Concept/Terms |
Testing, Genetic Predisposition- Testing, Genetic Predisposition
- Predisposition Testing, Genetic
- Predictive Testing, Genetic
- Genetic Predictive Testing
- Testing, Genetic Predictive
- Predictive Genetic Testing
- Genetic Testing, Predictive
- Testing, Predictive Genetic
- Genetic Predisposition Testing
Genetic Screening- Genetic Screening
- Genetic Screenings
- Screening, Genetic
- Screenings, Genetic
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Genetic Testing" by people in this website by year, and whether "Genetic Testing" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1997 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 1998 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1999 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2000 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2001 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2002 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2003 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 9 | 13 | 22 |
| 2006 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 2007 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 2008 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2009 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2010 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 2011 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 2013 | 15 | 16 | 31 |
| 2014 | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| 2015 | 10 | 12 | 22 |
| 2016 | 17 | 7 | 24 |
| 2017 | 16 | 15 | 31 |
| 2018 | 28 | 22 | 50 |
| 2019 | 21 | 26 | 47 |
| 2020 | 19 | 22 | 41 |
| 2021 | 9 | 31 | 40 |
| 2022 | 9 | 20 | 29 |
| 2023 | 9 | 13 | 22 |
| 2024 | 20 | 23 | 43 |
| 2025 | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Genetic Testing" by people in Profiles.
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40+ years of the Huntington disease predictive genetic testing protocol: Recommendations for an update. J Genet Couns. 2026 06; 35(3):e70226.
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Specification of frequency criteria for secondary findings genes to improve variant classification concordance. Genet Med. 2026 May; 28(5):102552.
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Patient Perspectives on Psychiatric Polygenic Risk Scores in Reproductive Decision-Making and Polygenic Embryo Screening. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2026 07; 201(5):338-348.
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The impact of genetic testing on physician practice in specialized cardiovascular clinics. J Clin Lipidol. 2026 Mar; 20(3):677-681.
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Implementation of Genetic Testing into Childhood Cancer Care: Lessons and Future Directions. Clin Chem. 2025 Dec 30; 72(1):114-122.
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The Perspectives and Experiences of Prospective Parents Declining Diagnostic Prenatal Genome Sequencing in Continuing Pregnancies With Fetal Structural Anomalies. Prenat Diagn. 2026 05; 46(5-6):727-736.
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GREGoR: accelerating genomics for rare diseases. Nature. 2025 11; 647(8089):331-342.
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Forward genetic screening in engineered colorectal cancer organoids identifies regulators of metastasis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Nov 18; 122(46):e2510910122.
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Current state of diagnostic genetic testing in pediatric sarcoma: Survey and review by the Cancer Genomics Consortium Sarcoma Working Group. Cancer Genet. 2025 Nov; 298-299:242-255.
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The ClinGen Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease Variant Curation Expert Panel: Specifications for classification of variants in ADA, DCLRE1C, IL2RG, IL7R, JAK3, RAG1, and RAG2. Genet Med. 2026 Jan; 28(1):101613.