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MUSC presents statewide MyDNA SC screening program, seeks participants to reach 100,000 goal
Summary
Amy Jackson, director of operations for the genetics and genomics service line at MUSC, told the Health and Wellness Advisory Committee that the MyDNA SC population genomic screening program has enrolled 67,550 people and aims to reach 100,000 South Carolinians by Jan. 31, 2026.
Amy Jackson, director of operations for the genetics and genomics service line at the Medical University of South Carolina, told the City of Charleston Health and Wellness Advisory Committee on Jan. 8 that MUSC is running a statewide genomic screening program called MyDNA SC and is pressing to enroll more people.
The program, Jackson said, “screens for the CDC’s tier 1 conditions,” specifically hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (BRCA1/2), Lynch syndrome (hereditary colon cancer) and familial hypercholesterolemia (hereditary high cholesterol). Jackson said the initiative seeks to enroll 100,000 South Carolinians by Jan. 31, 2026; she added the program is also pushing to reach 75,000 participants by the end of the current month.
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