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Consumer Gene Tests: Help or Harm?
WebMD - Experts, Test Makers Battle Over Selling Genetic Tests to Patients
Policy Paper Calls for More Pharmacogenetic Oversight
GenomeWeb Daily News - Genelex CEO Howard Coleman issued a statement today maintaining that the company’s web site was quoted out of context and reaffirming the company’s belief that individuals should have the right to learn and control information about their genotype.
Toronto Star - Another area of huge promise is pharmacogenomics, the interplay between genes and drugs. For some Internet companies, drug response tests are already popular sellers. Genelex, a web-based Seattle firm, offers screening for five genes that it maintains will help a doctor predict response to many drugs.
Who’s the father? Find out in a jiffy with DNA paternity test
Philadelphia Inquirer - The problem with drugstore testing is that there's no proof that the DNA samples came from the people claimed to have sent them. Therefore, such results
wouldn't hold up legally.
Could
your DNA hold the key to a wrinkle-free face and a great figure?
Daily Mail - Developments in health and beauty focus on examining your DNA,
the unique building blocks of your body, to come up with a lifestyle, diet and
beauty plan designed exclusively for you.
Personal
genetic tests: genius or bogus?
Globe and Mail - When Kathy Dyck's weight ballooned to a lifetime high of 250
pounds, she ditched her usual weight-loss tricks: Atkins and other commercial
diets. Instead, Ms. Dyck, who lives on Vancouver Island, turned to the Internet
and discovered a new and rapidly growing genre of personalized health products
-- diets tailored to genetic makeup.
DNA
Follow-Up
The sequel to Behind
the Scenes Genelex Lab Video. Howard Coleman, Genelex CEO, explains Tina's
DNA test results for ancestry, drug reactions, and nutrional genetics.
At
a Harlem Reunion, a Rancher From Missouri Meets His ‘DNA Cousins’
New York Times - Genelex client, Vy Higginsen organized a special family reunion
to welcome to Harlem a newfound cousin she recently discovered through DNA testing.
Deciphering
Daddy's DNA
US News and World Report - Genetic advances have improved paternity tests. Howard
Coleman, CEO of Genelex, a genetics-testing lab in Seattle. "Anything that
someone's had contact with ... and we can give you a very conclusive answer."
FDA
Panel Recommends Approval of Celebrex for Children
Newsinferno - Medical experts and consumer watchdogs immediately challenged
the decision. According to Howard Coleman, CEO of Seattle’s Genelex Corporation,
“Thousands of children have an inability to process Celebrex safely.”
(Genelex conducts DNA testing in order to determine the safety of drugs and
supplements.) Those children who cannot process the drug appropriately may build
up dangerous levels of the drug in their bloodstreams.
Unusual
Holiday Gift Idea
Yahoo! News - "The results often surprise people," says Genelex founder
Howard Coleman. ... The swabs are then placed inside an envelope and sent to
Genelex for analysis. ...
FDA
Committee Supports Simple DNA Tests When Patients Are Prescribed Coumadin (Warfarin)
New DNA Tests Could Prevent Thousands of Emergency Room Visits, Hospitalizations,
and Deaths for Warfarin Patients.
Days
Before Warfarin Label Change, Genelex Debuts DTC Dosing Dx; ASHG's 'Validity'
Notice Could Help
Pharmacogenomics Reporter - Genelex, the direct-to-consumer genetic testing
shop, rolled out a warfarin dosing product earlier this month, three days before
US regulators and Bristol-Myers Squibb added a black box warning to the label
of the ubiquitous anticoagulant, marketed by BMS under the trade name Coumadin.
DNA
test for Coumadin gives dosage
Consumer Health Daily - U.S. patients who take the blood thinner Coumadin, or
warfarin, will soon notice a new Food and Drug Administration label attached
to their prescription.
DNA
Tests Now Available Determine Safe Dosage for Dangerous Drugs, Coumadin and
Warfarin
Yahoo Finance - More than 25 million prescriptions were written for the popular
blood thinner Coumadin (aka warfarin) last year. Patients will soon notice a
new FDA label attached to their prescription. The warning? The patient's genes
may dictate the safe dosage level for the drug.
I
think it's fascinating and a valuable tool
KOMO 4 News - A Seattle company is taking the guesswork out of a popular blood
thinning medication.
New
test helps pinpoint dosage for blood thinner
KING 5 News - While too late for him, Krafchick says the test will spare the
estimated 300,000 people in the U.S. who begin taking Coumadin every year from
weeks of uncertainty.
The
Gene Screen
CNNMoney.com - For instance, Jenifer Mansell of Homer Glen, Ill., ordered a
pharmacogenetic test from Seattle's Genelex when a prescribed medication didn't
seem to help her 3-year-old son after a series of heart surgeries.
US
Turning to DNA to Prove Family Ties
Seattle Times - Sieng had his test at Seattle's Genelex, where DNA testing for
immigration has increased from around eight a month in 2001 to about 40 a month
this year.
DNA
testing more common for immigration applications
The Associated Press - "Many immigrants are realizing the test could cut
down on the length of an application," said Ashcraft.
DNA
Testing Increases in Immigration Cases
Los Angeles Times - DNA evidence is increasingly being used in immigration cases
to verify familial ties. Critics express concerns.
Gene
Screens Promise Nutrition Insights
Forbes - Feeling listless? Losing the fight against obesity? Genetic data locked
inside a few cheek cells could help explain why -- and maybe even help you turn
things around.
Washington Post - Emerging Enzyme Test Can Predict Drug Side Effects.
Behind
the Scenes Genelex Lab Video
Join Tina on a tour of Genelex, a real DNA lab, and learn about that crazy nucleic
acid that we all love. While she's there, Tina starts the process of getting
tested to learn about her geographical origins and her ancestral lines... all
based on her DNA.
This just
in: Eat your vegetables: A reporter's personal genome project
With a swab of saliva and a swipe of a credit card, countless health-conscious
consumers are paying top dollar to discover what microscopic evils lurk in their
genes.
New
Web Site Helps Prevent Medicine Mix-Ups
View
Video Clip
KOMO Health Watch - All those medicines we take to help us can sometimes be
dangerous when mixed together. But now, a Seattle company has developed a Web
site so we can check for ourselves if our medicines interact badly.
Seattle
Firm Offers Personal DNA Test
KIRO 7 Eyewitness News - Genelex Corporation, says its new DNA test can save
the lives of 50,000 people who die every year from bad reactions to medication.
Genelex says prescription medications have radically different effects in different
people and by testing your DNA, they say they can predict whether a prescription
drug might work for you or make you sick.
Can
Genetic Tests Help You Lose Weight? Woman Says She Lost 40 Pounds By Following
Guidelines
ABC News Denver - Can your genetic makeup help you lose weight? Some companies
are offering genetic tests that they claim can tell you what you need to eat,
and what not to eat, to be healthy.
Feed Your
Genes: The New Science of DNA Nutrition
Outside Magazine - We take a look at the new science of DNA nutrition - in which
genetic testing tells you what to eat and how to train for peak performance.
A
Special Drug Just for You, at the End of a Long Pipeline
The New York Times - The age of personalized medicine is on the way. Increasingly,
experts say, therapies will be tailored for patients based on their genetic
makeup or other medical measurements. That will allow people to obtain drugs
that would work best for them and avoid serious side effects.
Drug
Cocktail, No Hangover
Wired - Genelex offers a new online service that lets patients see how various
drugs interact with one another, as well as with several gene variations that
profoundly affect how drugs are processed in the liver.
A
prescription to improve drug regimens?
Current Psychiatry - One day we may be able to consistently choose medications
that offer optimal benefit and minimal adverse events—without subjecting
our patients to unsuccessful trials. Thanks to quantitative EEG (OEEG) testing
and pharmacogenetic testing, that day may be coming closer.
Science Magazine - A new medicine for African Americans with heart failure hints
at what the drug industry sees as the enormous payoff of pharmacogenomics.
Predicting
Your Body's Future
KOMO News - What if you could see into the future to find out what problems
you will face 20 or 30 years down the road and what you can do to stop it?
NEW
software helps physicians prescribe, based on DNA testing: Makes benefits of
DNA testing more accessible to physicians and improves drug safety and efficacy.
Yahoo Finance - (SEATTLE WA and LEXINGTON MA) - The incorporation of DNA testing
into the routine prescription of medicines, the practice of clinical pharmacogenetics,
is estimated by many scientists to have the potential to reduce the incidence
of adverse drug reactions (ADR) by 20-50%. ADRs are reported to cause more than
100,000 deaths per year in the US.
At-Home
DNA Test Can Help Prevent Problems
NBC- Today Show and Affiliate stations - More Americans are taking advantage
of cutting edge science by having their DNA examined as a way to predict and
prevent medical problems.
Labs
Turn DNA Into Personal Health Forecasts
Washington Post - The boxes arrive in the mail by the dozens each day and are
stacked in neat rows in the laboratory. Inside are swabs of the inside cheek,
drops of blood, material that the senders hope will give them a peek at the
life they have been dealt by their genes.
DNA
Diet: Your Key To Weight Loss?
NEW YORK (CBS) - From Atkins to Weight Watchers, dieting has been a case of
trial and error for so many. But now, a whole new industry called nutritional
genetics explores how your DNA and food interact.
American
Indians look to DNA tests to prove heritage
(Reuters) - The United States has treated its indigenous people poorly for much
of its history, yet today thousands of people are anxious to show their Native
American heritage and are turning to DNA testing for help.
Strattera
Safety Helped By DNA Testing, According to FDA Approved Product Labeling Notes
Genelex Founder, Howard Coleman
"Given the recent release of Strattera, and the profound effect of genetics
on it's removal from the body, a prudent and personalized approach to prescribing
this medicine should include DNA testing," stated Howard Coleman, founder
of Genelex.
DNA-Based
Personalized Medicine Training Announced By Genelex
Genelex is offering a series of web seminars on DNA testing and personalized
medicine aimed at providing healthcare professionals, policy makers, reporters
and patients with the necessary background knowledge to make educated healthcare
and treatment decisions. The seminars are presented to registered users over
the Internet and are tailored to individual audiences. Seminars are limited
in size to allow for time for questions and answers and include a slide show
tailored to the specific audience, and based on the latest in pharmacogenetic
DNA testing methods.
Seattle's
Genelex sees if the genes fit
Seattle Times - Genelex's Howard Coleman says that with simple tests already
available from companies such as his, and with sophisticated ones on the way,
eventually all patients will be tested for susceptibility to a drug reaction
before a doctor writes a prescription.
A
Better Diet Through DNA Testing?
Wall Street Journal - The field of nutrigenomics, which examines the relationship
between genes and food, promises to explain why some people who gobble up cheeseburgers
and french fries stay trim while others battle the bulge.
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AP release - For most of her life, Eileen Marshall's trips to the dentist offered
the prospect of sweating, itching and a racing heart. Her affliction wasn't
a case of nerves before the drill. It was a genetic inability to process Novocain,
something she learned last summer when she took a DNA test offered by Seattle-based
Genelex Corp.
Genelex
DNA Test Can Reduce Adverse Drug Reactions
FOX NEWS - Health information on reducing the chance of adverse drug reactions
through a simple blood test.
Seattle
Company Provides DNA Tests To Avoid Adverse Drug Reactions
KOMO News - Do you ever wonder how you may react to a drug or herbal remedy
before you take it? A Seattle company is offering DNA tests that could answer
that. View
the video by clicking here.
DNA
test can predict adverse drug reactions
King 5 News - With all the recent safety concerns over Vioxx,
Celebrex and other painkillers, a Seattle-based biotech company is promoting
the latest version of its DNA test that can predict who is likely to have an
adverse drug reaction.
Seattle
Firm Offers Personal DNA Test
KIRO News - Genelex says prescription medications have radically
different effects in different people and by testing your DNA, they say they
can predict whether a prescription drug might work for you or make you sick.
Genetic
Predictions: Just a Swab Away
A New York Times article on Prescription Drug Reaction and other Informational
Genetic Testing.
Making Medicine
Safe
A Reader's Digest article about the prescription drug reaction testing that
Genelex offers.
Give the gift that unwraps you -- a DNA family tree
A Seattle PI article describing the perfect Christmas
gift for the person who has just about everything, except a good handle on his
or her prehistoric roots.
A KOMO TV story describing how Genelex can use your DNA profile to tell you which clan of original humans you belong to.
Paternity Test Clears
Marc Anthony
People Magazine article about Genelex DNA testing in a recent
Marc Anthony paternity case.
A Puget Sound Business Journal article detailing Genelex's
expanded suite of genetic testing services.
Firms sell Gene Tests
Directly to Public
LA Times article featuring one of our clients, Peter Dyck,
that explores the pros and cons of direct-to-consumer genetic testing.
At Home DNA
Tests are Here
Wall Street Journal article explores the growing number of
genetic tests offered directly to consumers.
Oprah show featuring Howard Coleman, the Director of Genelex,
an expert who has been a witness for the court, sharing the power of DNA and
where he believes the future of this technology lies.
Tests taken by Genelex Laboratories in Seattle found a 99.44
percent match between DNA taken from the bones and genetic material taken from
the Castillo family members.
Redmond's Genelex Corp. has been doing DNA testing
for years. Now it's offering a test you can do at home to see if your genes
will allow your body to process certain medications. This KOMO TV HealthWatch
story includes video footage.
The Eastside Journal reports on newly available DNA analysis
that could save many lives. New at-home kit could help prevent many of the adverse
drug reactions that kill more than 100,000 people each year.
Genelex Corporation, a Seattle genetic testing
laboratory, has begun offering drug response gene tests directly to the public.
Genelex Corp., a Seattle-based DNA testing firm, is getting into the business
of predicting adverse drug reactions, the serious and occasionally fatal side-effects
some people have to common prescription drugs.
Adverse drug reactions are the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S, but
pharmacogenetics is helping to reduce that problem.
DNA
labs offer new test of family ties
At the Genelex lab in Seattle, they like the story of Abigail
and Richard. Genetic testing confirmed that Richard is Abigail's half-brother,
sired by a philandering father who kept his secret to the grave. They're both
delighted - if stunned - by the revelation, and vow to become real siblings
to each other.
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