Articles from 2008:

Center fights scourge of genetic diseases
Lois Victor, who tragically lost two children to one of the genetic diseases and is a national advocate for testing through her three Victor centers, ...
www.jewishaz.com/issues/story.mv?080314+genetics

Tireless activist promotes genetic testing
Lois Victor, who lost two children to familial disautonomia, one of a group of Jewish genetic diseases, has become a fierce advocate for the testing now ...
www.jewishaz.com/issues/story.mv?080215+genetic

Genetic screening helps couples plan for future
Nikki and David Bernstein will be tested for a panel of nine Jewish genetic diseases at the third annual screening sponsored by the newly renamed Jewish ...
www.jewishaz.com/issues/story.mv?070223+genetic

Barness grants awarded
Comprehensive access to Jewish community in Greater Phoenix Metropolitan Area ... five years to aid the Jewish Genetic Diseases Center of Greater Phoenix. ...
www.jewishaz.com/issues/story.mv?070914+barness

Genetic-disease project wins award
Comprehensive access to Jewish community in Greater Phoenix Metropolitan Area and Central and Northern Arizona.
www.jewishaz.com/issues/story.mv?061222+genetic

132 adults tested at genetic screening
That's how organizers described the recent genetic testing program sponsored by the Greater Phoenix Jewish Genetic Diseases Project. ...
www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/050513/genetic.shtml

Empty pages speak of tragic loss
It is the most common of the so-called Jewish genetic diseases, a grouping of nine illnesses that occur more frequently in families of Eastern European ...
www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/050325/genetic.shtml

Simple blood test touches family
Participants were tested for a panel of four genetic diseases prevalent in the Jewish community, Canavan disease, cystic fibrosis, familial dysautonomia and ...
www.jewishaz.com/issues/story.mv?051118+blood

Genetic disease project begins
An initiative is underway to educate the largely Ashkenazic Jewish community about the prevalence of certain genetic diseases and the importance of carrier ...
www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/041217/genetic.shtml