To test or not to test: How genetic testing affects your health insurance
INSURANCEQUOTES.COM | October 26th, 2011 – Not long ago, it was considered the stuff of science fiction. Yet over the past decade, genetic testing has evolved into a fast-growing branch of medicine for those who are curious about their chances of developing diseases like cancer, diabetes or Alzheimer’s disease.
Existence Genetics Achieves Major Leap Forward in Genetic Testing & Analysis Capabilities
PRWEB.COM | October 19th, 2011 – Using it's Nexus® DNA chip, patent-pending genetic analysis technology, and proprietary database, Existence Genetics can now noninvasively test for more than 1,000 diseases per person all at a single time.
DNA Genotek and Existence Genetics partner for preventive medicine offering
OTTAWA BUSINESS JOURNAL | JUNE 06, 2011 – DNA Genotek Inc. has landed a deal for its biological sample collection kit to be used for Existence Genetics LLC's predictive medicine service, the company announced Monday.
Ottawa's DNA Genotek said its saliva-based Oragene DNA collection kit has been chosen for Los Angeles-based Existence Genetics's newly launched service that will provide patients and their health-care providers with a genetic report, outlining diseases that a person has a higher likelihood of getting and preventive measures to either avoid the disease altogether or significantly decrease its impact on the patient.
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Existence Genetics Taps DNA Genotek for Sample Collection
GENOMEWEB DAILY NEWS | JUNE 06, 2011 – NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – DNA Genotek will provide its Oragene DNA sample collection product to Existence Genetics for use in its gene-based predictive medicine service that is offered to physicians.
Los Angeles-based Existence Genetics offers a disease risk screening and analysis service based on its Nexus DNA Chip. The firm's services include panel screening, disease matrix technology, reflex analysis, and genetic reports that are...
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Poder360.com | MAY 18, 2011 – As laboratory director of Existence Genetics, Dr. Juan-Sebastian Saldivar handles genetic reports all of the time, but when he started leafing through this one, he felt more than just curiosity. The report didn’t detail someone else’s genetics; what he was holding was a rundown of his own DNA, and it revealed a wealth of information, including possibly what could someday kill him. READ MORE >
Affordable Genetic Testing: We Peak Into The Future (And You Can Too)
THE BEAUTY BEAN | APRIL 28, 2011 – All I remember from high school biology is that two somethings of hydrogen and one something of oxygen make up water. Or maybe it’s the other way around. I really couldn’t tell you. Truth be told – I barely passed any of my high school or college science classes (or math for that matter, as long as we’re being honest). My brain always seemed to reject retaining the intricacies of photosynthesis over more useful knowledge, like the difference between ready-to-wear and couture. READ MORE >
LOS ANGELES BUSINESS JOURNAL | APRIL 11, 2011 – As a kid, Brandon Colby couldn’t play tennis without his hand breaking out in blisters just from gripping the racket. Today, a two-block walk on a warm spring day can give him blistered feet.
Colby learned when he was young that his mystifying condition was the result of a rare genetic mutation that made his skin highly sensitive to heat and friction.READ MORE >
Existence Genetics Ramps up for Widespread Test Service Launch, Eyes Whole-Genome Sequencing
GENOMEWEB.COM | OCTOBER 8, 2010 – The company's current technology is based on DNA microarray chips, but its founder and CEO said that once whole-genome sequencing becomes a routine medical procedure, its business model will change and allow the company to truly take off.READ MORE >
DR. BRANDON COLBY | JUNE 1, 2010 – As a young child, I remember asking my parents why I was different from all the other kids, and their answer was that I was different because of my genes. As a result, genetics has always been quite personal to me. Long before I was a physician, I was a patient, and I am very aware of the struggles that can result from carrying a defective gene. It is because of this that I have made it my life’s mission to find ways for us to conquer disease by outsmarting our genes.READ MORE >
HEALTHRADIO.NET | MAY 29, 2010 – Brandon Colby, MD, author of "Outsmart Your Genes", explains how predictive medicine and genetic testing can provide valuable insight into what may lie ahead in your health future and how you can use genetic information to help prevent problems before they occur.READ MORE >
Waging a New Offensive in the War Against Alzheimer's Disease
THE HUFFINGTON POST | MAY 19, 2010 – Alzheimer's disease now affects one out of every eight people over the age of 65 and approximately one in 1,000 people between the ages of 30 and 49. In some segments of our society, such as NFL football players, the rates are even more staggering, with the disease affecting one in 53 NFL retirees between the ages of 30 to 49 (the equivalent of one player per team). With the total number of people affected by Alzheimer's predicted to quadruple within the next 40 years, we need to find a new offensive against this unrelenting disease before it steals the minds of yet another generation. READ MORE >
GROKS SCIENCE SHOW | MAY 12, 2010 – Dr. Colby's discusses what your DNA can tell you about your risk for cancer, Alzheimer's Disease, Heart Disease, Obesity, and other conditions and what you can do about it. Listen below:
GenomeWeb | November 1st, 2011
