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My Gene Counsel Partners with UConn Health to Provide Expanded Genetic Counseling Services
More than 600 people undergo genetic counseling and testing each year as part of the Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center’s High-Risk Cancer Program, which is led by two genetic counselors. My Gene Counsel, a digital health company that provides innovative genetic counseling…
In The News
Do Your Genes Place You at High Risk for COVID-19?
In the last six months, the world has learned that the SARS-CoV-2 virus, more commonly known as COVID-19, is contagious, can be deadly, and has become a global pandemic. As of today, more than 8.2 million people have tested positive, and more than 445,000 have died...
Webinar: Germline Insights from NGS Somatic Testing – Clinical Challenges and Controversies
GenomeWeb hosted a virtual expert panel to discuss challenges, opportunities, and controversies related to informing clinicians, cancer patients, and their families of potential germline insights after receiving somatic testing. This case-based discussion provides an...
Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology: Missed Mutations Highlight Somatic, Germline Test Difference
A patient with Cowden syndrome developed a neuroendocrine tumor. Cowden syndrome is a hereditary condition that causes non-cancerous tumor-like growths in the skin and mucous membranes. It can also increase the risk for certain cancers, such as melanoma, breast, thyroid…
Webinar: Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Regarding Digital Health Resources – Considerations for Genetics and Beyond
Over the past eight weeks, in the face of a pandemic, the world has been forced to adopt digital resources instantaneously, and this includes the world of healthcare. It is likely that moving forward our health systems will continue this adoption to better and more...
Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology: Patient with BRCA1 VUS Has Prophylactic Surgery
A woman in her 40s visited a general surgeon for non-cancer related reasons and was assessed for her hereditary risk for cancer. The patient did not have a personal history of cancer, but her mother, who is in her 60s, had recently been diagnosed with breast cancer and…
Germline Genetic Testing, Counseling Move Remote as Pandemic Limits In-Person Care Capacity
Many healthcare systems in recent weeks have had to shift available resources and in-person care plans to increase capacity for a potential influx of SARS-CoV-2 infected patients. While some may consider germline genetic testing for assessing hereditary cancer risk a...
Press Releases
My Gene Counsel Partners with UConn Health to Provide Expanded Genetic Counseling Services
More than 600 people undergo genetic counseling and testing each year as part of the Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center’s High-Risk Cancer Program, which is led by two genetic counselors. My Gene Counsel, a digital health company that provides innovative genetic counseling…
New White Paper from My Gene Counsel Releases Data on Frequency of Medical Guideline Revisions and Offers Solutions for Keeping Patients and Providers Informed
Genomic Updates Are Critical to Harness the Power of Precision Medicine NEW HAVEN, CONN. (PRWEB) OCTOBER 16, 2019 My Gene Counsel, a digital health company that provides personalized, easy-to-understand, web-based genetic counseling information, has published a new...
My Gene Counsel Releases New Reports on 23andMe Findings
Digital health company provides guidance to people with genetic variants for MUTYH, FH, and Parkinson’s NEW HAVEN, CONN. (PRWEB) JULY 23, 2019 My Gene Counsel, a digital health company that provides personalized, easy-to-understand, web-based genetic counseling, today...
My Gene Counsel Offers Personalized Genetic Counseling Reports For Those With Positive Alzheimer’s Gene Test Result
Digital health company provides answers and guidance to help people with positive APOE result. NEW HAVEN, CONN. (PRWEB) JUNE 04, 2019 My Gene Counsel, a digital health company that provides personalized, easy-to-understand, web-based genetic counseling, today...
My Gene Counsel Positioned To Foster Responsible Return Of Results, Per Recent ASHG And ACMG Guidelines
The digital genetic counseling company has an automated, scalable, and cost-effective way of recontacting patients NEW HAVEN, CONN. (PRWEB) MAY 07, 2019 My Gene Counsel, a digital health company that provides personalized, easy-to-understand genetic counseling...
My Gene Counsel and Ambry Genetics Join Forces to Bridge the Gap Between Direct-to-Consumer Testing and Medical-Grade Genetic Testing
The One-Stop Solution Will Allow Direct-to-Consumer Kit Users to Confirm Their Hereditary Cancer Results NEW HAVEN, CONN. (PRWEB) MARCH 18, 2019 My Gene Counsel, a digital health company that provides personalized, easy-to-understand genetic testing reports, today...
Podcasts
COVID Series: Genetic Counseling with Ellen Matloff
This Week in Health IT is a podcast dedicated to amplifying great thinking in order to propel healthcare forward. Hosted by Bill Russell, This Week in Health IT reviews relevant topics and features industry influencers that are implementing digital solutions in...
Ellen Matloff Guest on Laura Hercher’s The Beagle Has Landed Podcast
Ellen Matloff has one of the most unique stories in genetic counseling today. She worked at Yale to found the cancer counseling program in the early days of that discipline and was an early and highly visible voice in the battle against gene patenting. Eventually, her...
Genetic Counseling: Past, Present, and Future
Ellen Matloff spent the first part of her career in Genetic Counseling at the Yale School of Medicine, where she served as the Director of the Cancer Genetic Counseling Program for 18 years. She was also one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit against Myriad Genetics,...
Decoding the Genome Was Just the Beginning
Eighteen years ago, scientists decoded the human genome. But what was supposed to create an era of new cures didn't work out that way, at least not at first. In episode four of Prognosis, some of the most famous names in genetics explain why it took so long to go from...
Ellen Matloff on a New Digital Genetic Counseling Product for DTC Customers
If Mendelspod had an annual Product of the Year award, we'd certainly be liking for 2018 the one featured today, a digital genetic counseling product for direct-to-consumer genetic testing. Hats are off to Ellen Matloff, a genetic counselor formerly at Yale who saw...
Ellen Matloff on Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Testing
On This Episode We Discuss: Defining direct-to-consumer (DTC) testsTypes are available to consumersDifference between medical grade and DTC genetic testsAccuracy of DTC genetic testsWhat to know before choosing a DTC testExamples of when a DTC test may be more...