by Jill Mastrianni | Oct 21, 2019 | Media section
Beyoncé’s father, Matthew Knowles, recently went public with the announcement that he has breast cancer and carries a mutation in a gene called BRCA2. He joins Angelina Jolie as a celebrity who has shared his private medical and genetic history in...
by user | Sep 12, 2019 | Media section
Investigators at Ambry Genetics, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, the University of Utah, and the University of California at Irvine have tapped into Ambry’s large collection of multigene panel test results to clarify hereditary cancer associations in high-risk...
by user | Aug 24, 2019 | Media section
Errors in the ordering and interpretation of genetic tests for cancer, as well as in communicating results, are continuing to occur, and a newly published report highlighting some of these errors suggests that the nature of the mistakes are reflective of the rapid...
by user | May 17, 2019 | Beyond BRCA, Media section
In this Quest Diagnostics webinar, My Gene Counsel’s Ellen Matloff describes which patients are candidates for genetic testing, summarizes the types of hereditary cancer testing available for patient management, and discusses the key personal and family history...
by user | May 2, 2019 | Media section
In an effort to address challenges arising from the rapid growth of DTC genetic testing, digital health company My Gene Counsel is partnering with Ambry Genetics in a pilot program designed to confirm the results of DTC genetic tests and help...
by user | Apr 24, 2019 | Media section
As direct-to-consumer (DTC) testing gains momentum among consumers, there is a need for educating consumers on their DTC testing results and validating these results with confirmatory testing in a medical-grade laboratory. Spearheading this mission, My Gene...
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