by Danielle Bonadies | Oct 4, 2018 | Press Releases
The solution will transform people’s understanding of their genetic makeup and save lives. BRANFORD, CONN. (PRWEB) OCTOBER 04, 2018 My Gene Counsel, a digital health company that links evidence-based information to clients’ genetic test results, today...
by Danielle Bonadies | Jul 11, 2018 | News
As a certified genetic counselor, one of the most common questions I’m asked is whether people who are adopted should have DNA testing through a direct-to-consumer (DTC) testing company. I’ve found that the reasons adoptees, or the parents of...
by Danielle Bonadies | Jun 18, 2018 | News
As a genetic counselor, it is always challenging to tell the patient sitting in front of you that she carries a genetic mutation (or a pathogenic variant, as it is now called) that could negatively impact her health. But perhaps more challenging, is telling the person...
by Danielle Bonadies | Jun 13, 2018 | Genetic Journal
Today, June 13th, 2018, marks the 5-year anniversary of the Supreme Court of the United States’ Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics case regarding the BRCA gene patent. The result was a unanimous decision: genes could not be patented as they...