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My Gene Counsel and FamGenix Announce Strategic Partnership to Transform Genetic Risk Assessment and Patient Education
Digital tools allow partners to scale precision medicine NEW HAVEN, Conn. and FARGO, N.D., March 18, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- My Gene Counsel, a leader in digital genetic counseling solutions, and FamGenix, a pioneering platform for family health history and...
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...
Jupiter Medical Center 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...
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...
Genetic Testing Challenges in Oncology: VHL Variant in Atypical Patient Raises Management Questions
During a routine gynecogical appointment, a young woman reported that her paternal grandmother, was diagnosed with early-onset breast cancer and still living. Based on this family history, the gynecologist ordered a genetic testing that included multiple genes to...