GENETIC JOURNAL
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Video: Reflections on DTC genetic testing one year after FDA shutdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCPw71fKdeI&w=560&h=315 One year ago today, the FDA made a very controversial decision to shut down the biggest direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing company out there. On the anniversary of that decision, our President and CEO Ellen...
Population BRCA Testing? – My Gene Counsel
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Video: Is it time to think about population screening for BRCA1 and BRCA2?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STsfapsTtkE&w=560&h=315 Ellen T. Matloff, MS, CGC, President and CEO of My Gene Counsel, shares her thoughts on the risks and benefits of this approach, and what this could mean going forward for the field of genetic testing.
Should Life Insurers Have Access to Genetic Test Results? And Should this Debate Make You Run and Hide from Genetic Testing?
This week JAMA published a viewpoint on whether life insurers should have access to genetic test results and, understandably, it unearthed some long-standing fears about genetic discrimination. We do have protection from some forms of such discrimination under the...
Why Google is Smart to Cover Genetic Testing for its Employees – and Why Your Company May Want to do the Same.
Internet giant Google announced last week that it will cover the cost of genetic tumor profiling for their employees (and their family members) who develop cancer. This type of genetic testing for cancer treatment, often called precision or personalized medicine,...
Did You Eat and Stress Yourself Into Getting Cancer?
Earlier this month, singer/songwriter Melissa Etheridge appeared on the Dr. Oz show to discuss her 10-year breast cancer survivorship, her BRCA+ status, and her views on cancer development. Etheridge reiterated her views on prophylactic surgery for BRCA carriers,...