by Danielle Bonadies | Feb 12, 2019 | News
Over the past six months, I’ve taken some of the most popular consumer DNA tests on the market so that I, as a genetic counselor, can better understand the consumer experience. I took an ancestry test a few months ago and was impressed with the accuracy of my...
by Danielle Bonadies | Jan 22, 2019 | Multimedia
In this podcast episode of “Patient Stories with Grey Genetics,” My Gene Counsel’s president and CEO, Ellen Matloff, opens up about her path to genetic counseling, her thoughts on direct-to-consumer DNA testing, how she sees the role of genetic...
by Danielle Bonadies | Dec 22, 2018 | News
Millions of consumers have already had genetic testing using a direct-to-consumer (DTC) kit, and thousands more will find one under their Christmas tree in a few days. In addition to learning that they are 14% Dutch and have sticky ear wax, thousands of people will...
by Danielle Bonadies | Nov 30, 2018 | News
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic test kits appear to be more popular than ever this holiday season. In my ongoing journey to take every major genetic test kit on the market, I ordered an ancestry-based kit a few weeks ago. The kit was easy to order online, and the...
by Danielle Bonadies | Nov 29, 2018 | News
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Wednesday that My Gene Counsel, a digital genetic counseling company in New Haven, is “Murphy’s Innovator of the Month.” During their run as Director and Assistant Director of Yale School of Medicine’s Cancer...
