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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...
Press Releases
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...
My Gene Counsel Partners with the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation on Groundbreaking Genomic Study
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) is working to democratize healthcare for cancer patients today with the launch of CureCloud®, a first-of-its-kind, direct-to-patient research study, powered by genomic and clinical information from multiple myeloma...
My Gene Counsel Partners with UConn Health to Provide Expanded Genetic Counseling Services
Easy-to-understand genetic counseling reports will lead to more appropriate follow-up and better health outcomes. NEW HAVEN, CONN. (PRWEB) APRIL 16, 2020 More than 600 people undergo genetic counseling and testing each year as part of the Neag Comprehensive Cancer...
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...
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,...
Multimedia
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.
Genetic Counseling Webinar September 2021
Given the rapid and numerous developments in the field of genetics, there is a growing demand for genetic counselors in nearly every area of medicine, as well as a need for students that represent all of us. This includes people of color, men, members of the LGBTQIA+...
Genetic Testing and Social Media: Growing a Space for Genetic Counselors
The NSGC Podcast Series explores leading voices and best practices in genetic counseling. This podcast is produced by the National Society of Genetic Counselors. For more information on NSGC, please visit www.nsgc.org. In this episode, podcast subcommittee member,...