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Unveils Partnership with My Gene Counsel to Support Cancer Genetic Counseling and Testing Program
Partnership Will Offer Genetic Services to All Cancer Patients JUPITER, Fla., Jan. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Jupiter Medical Center (JMC), a leading, not-for-profit medical center in Florida, today announced it will begin providing patients...
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Laboratory Consolidation, Billing, Digital Tools, and Skillset Adaptation: The Evolving Future of Genetic Counseling and Testing
My Gene Counsel CEO Ellen Matloff will be leading a panel of genetic counselors on the future of genetics in precision oncology and the essential roles genetic counselors will have as the field progresses. This panel is part of the 2024 Precision Medicine Leaders...
Genetic Testing Challenges in Precision Medicine: Parents’ Tragedy After Wrong Tay-Sachs Test Order
A 29 year-old Ashkenazi Jewish woman completed pre-pregnancy carrier screening and was found to be a carrier for Tay-Sachs and Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). In order to determine if her husband was a carrier for Tay-Sachs, his doctor ordered testing to check his...
Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology: Lynch Syndrome Variant in Patient Lacking Family History
A primary care doctor referred a 39-year-old Ashkenazi Jewish woman for genetic counseling because of a known familial BRCA2 variant. The patient was also undergoing egg retrieval for in vitro fertilization and had told her doctor she would consider pre-implantation...
Full Family History Helps ID Lynch Syndrome Founder Variant
A 35-year-old man sought out genetic counseling because his mother had a pathogenic variant in MSH6. The patient's family history also revealed a paternal relative with pancreatic cancer which, in addition to his Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry, prompted the GC to offer...
Unveils Partnership with My Gene Counsel to Support Cancer Genetic Counseling and Testing Program
Partnership Will Offer Genetic Services to All Cancer Patients JUPITER, Fla., Jan. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Jupiter Medical Center (JMC), a leading, not-for-profit medical center in Florida, today announced it will begin providing patients...
FDA Soon Rules If First CRISPR Therapy Receives Commercial Approval
Victoria Gray was diagnosed with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) at 3-months of age and has dealt with the condition her whole life. In hopes it would improve her day-to-day life, she chose to be the first patient in a clinical trial using CRISPR to treat SCD. Read the...
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Unveils Partnership with My Gene Counsel to Support Cancer Genetic Counseling and Testing Program
Partnership Will Offer Genetic Services to All Cancer Patients JUPITER, Fla., Jan. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Jupiter Medical Center (JMC), a leading, not-for-profit medical center in Florida, today announced it will begin providing patients...
Tampa General Hospital Selected as Site Partner
Tampa General Hospital will utilize My Gene Counsel's digital genetic counseling tools that update, to scale genetic testing for patients with breast, ovary, prostate and pancreas cancer. TAMPA, Fla. (PRNewwire-PRWeb) Nov. 28, 2023 - Tampa General...
My Gene Counsel Selected by Foundation for Prader-Willi Research to Enable Responsible Return of Results for Genome Sequencing Project
The Prader-Willi syndrome Genome Project will utilize My Gene Counsel's updating, digital genetic counseling reports to help research participants better understand their genetic test results. NEW HAVEN, CONN. (PRWEB) JUNE 24, 2021 My Gene Counsel, a digital health...
My Gene Counsel Partners with O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB to Boost Genetic Testing and Improve Precision Cancer Care
The digital solution will enable physician-initiated testing, greater clinical support, and better use of genetic counseling resources. NEW HAVEN, CONN. (PRWEB) MARCH 30, 2021 My Gene Counsel, a digital health company that provides innovative genetic counseling...
My Gene Counsel and Genomet Announce Product Partnership to Transform Cancer Care Around the Globe
With transformative digital technologies playing an increasingly critical role in health care delivery, the two companies have joined forces on a digital genomic solution that will increase efficiencies and outcomes within the highly specialized space of oncology. NEW...
Vanderbilt Selects My Gene Counsel to Partner on Large 5-Year NIH Grant
My Gene Counsel is pleased to announce that we have partnered with Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the University of South Florida on the highly innovative Improving Care After Inherited Cancer Testing (IMPACT) Study. This 5-year project will be supported by...
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Looking Back on the 10-year Anniversary of the SCOTUS Decision
Genetic Testing Errors Negatively Impact Therapeutic Decision Making
In this episode, we continue our discussion with Meagan Farmer and Danielle Bonadies as we discuss how the Top Errors in Genetic Testing may be negatively affecting therapeutic decision making. We also discuss ways that life science companies may be able to...
Top Errors in Genetic Testing
In today's episode we take a look at some of the significant challenges and errors we are seeing in the use of genetic and genomic testing, as they become mainstreamed into our clinical treatment protocols. Today we highlight the Top Errors in Genetic Testing and how...
Genetic Testing: Leveraging Results to Identify Patients for New Therapies
In this episode of The Kinetix Group’s Healthcare Insights podcast, Danielle Bonadies, My Gene Counsel’s Director of Genetics, shares ideas about how to leverage genetic testing for clinical trial recruitment, as well as being able to quickly identify patients who might benefit from a new therapy.
Genetic Testing: Managing Updates to Medical Management and Risk Profiling
In this episode of The Kinetix Group’s Healthcare Insights podcast, Danielle Bonadies, My Gene Counsel’s Director of Genetics, shares the results of a recent study that suggests just how much patients and providers may be struggling to keep up with the latest genetic updates.
NSGC 2021 Poster Presentation Video
Exponential growth is occurring in clinical genomics. A patient found to have a pathogenic variant 10 years ago has likely lived through dozens of updates to risk estimates and management guidelines related to that diagnosis.
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Accelerating Beyond Transactional Genetic Testing
Leveraging technology in clinical workflows can help overcome barriers to efficient genetic testing to ensure that patients and clinicians have access to the...