Mary-Beth Roberts, MS, CGC

MYTH: Genetic testing cost is a barrier for patients 🙅🏼‍♀️
Many patients pay little to nothing out of pocket for testing, but may gain huge insights into the cause of their disease 🧬 A genetic counselor can help!
#MondayMinuteGKH #GeneticsInKidneyHealth #BeanGenes #Nephrology

29.09.2025 20:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Barnaby and I are excited about an upcoming new project from the #AmericanKidneyFund. Honored to be part of it. Stay tuned! 🎙️

18.08.2025 18:42 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

& yes, lupus can be thought of as genetic, yet we tend to think of it as having complex/multifactorial inheritance because the genetics of autoimmune disease is really complicated & doesn't often conform to a nice Mendelian pattern w/ a known genetic basis 🥴

03.07.2023 22:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Genetic results are used in some cases for things like embryo selection to prevent familial disease, but we don't yet have cures or gene therapy for most genetic conditions. Still important to know if a kidney disease is genetic, as this can change how someone is treated/screened & for family mbrs

03.07.2023 22:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If you're born with the genetic disease, you will always be at risk of developing symptoms, & some are unavoidable. But, not everyone with PKD will have the same health risks as a lot depends on the type of mutation, healthcare access, medication, lifestyle and family history risk factors

03.07.2023 16:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Hi, so exposure of a certain amount of some chemicals/medications can cause harm to fetal development, absolutely. These changes don't get passed on to the next generation in DNA in the same way that a genetic condition like polycystic kidney disease does, which is more my wheelhouse!

03.07.2023 11:20 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Finally made the jump from the other place... ask me anything about genetic kidney disease 👋🧬

02.07.2023 00:31 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Kidney genetics referral resource now available for download/bookmarking here: nsgc.org/Members/Specia…
#Nephrology #NephroGenetics #RenalGenetics #GCChat #BeanGenes #MedTwitter

01.07.2023 23:28 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0