Can Genetic Counselors Keep Up With 23andMe? - The Atlantic

Can Genetic Counselors Keep Up With 23andMe? - The Atlantic





May was a busy month at My Gene Counsel as we prepare for launch!  There are many more changes to come including our new customer-facing website -- stay tuned! We are generating media interest and were pleased to be featured in several prominent forums, including The Atlantic and FORBES. 







The Atlantic article, "Can Genetic Counselors Keep Up With 23andMe" outlines the problem which My Gene Counsel is built to solve: namely, the great demand for scalable genetic counseling services. With our upcoming product launch, we were excited to have My Gene Counsel featured as the digital solution.

How Accurate Is Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Testing? From Gold(ish) To Garbage As a new Forbes.com contributor, Ellen Matloff's latest piece has already received over 9,000 views. In this article, she shares her expertise on how a consumer can navigate the ever-growing direct-to-consumer genetic testing marketplace. Matloff highlights the differences in quality between DTC tests, ranging from medical-grade accuracy to total garbage.

Read Article Ellen was the invited speaker at the National Cancer Institute’s latest webinar through the ENRICH series, “A Scalable Model for Returning Continually Updated Genetic Results to Consumers and Clinicians”. In this lecture, she outlined the ethical principles that must be considered in returning understandable, usable, and current genetic information.  Watch Webinar Our team is also growing.  Meagan Farmer, MS, MBA began in her role as our Genetic Counseling Business Manager last week, and will oversee our genetic counseling content team nationwide.  We are in the process of hiring several other key management personnel, and will bring you those announcements soon.   Please continue to follow us on our blog, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to receive breaking news in genetics, as well as helpful resources and company updates. Sincerely, My Gene Counsel Team