Genetics

The Division of Genetics provides clinical genetic evaluation and care for approximately 700 outpatients and inpatients each year at Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo urban and rural outreach sites and at other hospitals in the metropolitan area.

Our Cytogenetics Laboratory completes 1,700 chromosome analyses annually, including 1,000 from prenatal diagnostic cases. The Robert Guthrie Biochemical Genetics Laboratory performs more than 3,000 metabolic tests each year.

Research

The division’s active laboratory and clinical research programs emphasize molecular and biochemical approaches to the understanding of major human genetic disorders. Current research includes studies on the role of dopamine-receptor genotypes in relation to food preference in obese and lean individuals.