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From Friend to Intern to Advocate: A Reflection on My Experience with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

May 23, 2018 Ruth O'Keefe 1 Comment

Editor’s Note: Today I am excited to release this article, written by an incredible young woman I’ve grown to know and respect as our Digital Marketing Intern. Courtney Burt’s time… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Advocacy, Education Tagged With: Alex Lowe, artificial intelligence, Becker Muscular Dystrophy, Courtney Burt, Danielle Edwards, DMD, DMD gene, Duchenne, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, EXONDYS 51, genetic disease, Jett Foundation, Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, Tammy Henegar

ThinkGenetic Partners with Genome Medical

May 11, 2018 Ruth O'Keefe Leave a Comment

New Partnership Strengthens ThinkGenetic’s Continued Effort to Reduce Time to Diagnosis In an influential move for the genetics community, ThinkGenetic (ThinkGenetic.com) and Genome Medical (GenomeMedical.com),  a nationwide specialty medical practice… CONTINUE

Filed Under: News, Partners Tagged With: AI, care team, diagnosis, genetic condition, genetic counselors, genetic testing, Genome Medical, HIPAA, medical practice, partnership, SymptomMatcher, telehealth

How Being Your Own Best Advocate Can Lead to Better Care for Genetic Conditions

May 2, 2018 Morgan Simmons, MMSc, CGC 2 Comments

by Deon Durst, Guest Contributor, Patient Advocate Living with Cat Eye Syndrome Editor’s Note: I am overjoyed to share this informative piece written by a gentleman who first contacted us… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Advocacy, Education Tagged With: Cat Eye Syndrome, diagnosis, genetic diagnosis, ocular coloboma, patient advocacy, patient advocate, self-advocacy, ThinkGenetic

ThinkGenetic Named Finalist in Largest Veteran Business Competition in the United States

April 4, 2018 Ruth O'Keefe Leave a Comment

Veterans Finalist ThinkGenetic

In a recent press release, The Veterans in Business Association (VIBA) at Rice University announced that ThinkGenetic has been accepted as a finalist into the 2018 Veterans Business Battle out… CONTINUE

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2018 Veterans Business Battle, Rice University, Veterans Business Battle, Veterans in Business Association, VIBA

ThinkGenetic Supports Homocystinuria Patients Through Partnership with HCU Network Australia

March 28, 2018 Ruth O'Keefe Leave a Comment

ThinkGenetic welcomes HCU Network Australia to the ThinkGenetic Advocacy Partner Program. Through this partnership, people impacted by the genetic condition homocystinuria in Australia and beyond will have a wider array of… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Partners Tagged With: advocacy partner, HCU Network Australia, Homocystinuria, Len Barker, tgadvocacy

ThinkGenetic Provided $100,000 Credit from Amazon Web Services as Part of MassChallenge

March 26, 2018 Ruth O'Keefe Leave a Comment

ThinkGenetic is excited to announce that Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., has approved ThinkGenetic into it’s AWS Activate program. Amazon Web Services provides startups with… CONTINUE

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Amazon, amazon web services, AWS, AWS Activate, Dave Jacob, grant, Massachusetts eHealth Institute, MassChallenge, MeHI, Nick Dougherty, Shire, startup, ThinkGenetic

Partnering to Bring Meaningful Progress Toward Treatments and Cures for Fatal Neurodegenerative Disorder

March 21, 2018 Ruth O'Keefe 1 Comment

Beyond Batten Disease Foundation Partners with ThinkGenetic in Support of Mission Spearheading a unique, cohesive strategy, Beyond Batten Disease Foundation has added ThinkGenetic to its collaborators by joining the ThinkGenetic… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Partners Tagged With: advocacy partner, Batten disease, BBDF, Beyond Batten Disease Foundation, genetic disease, Len Barker, Mary Beth Kiser, vision loss

Do You Love Your Genetic Condition?

March 14, 2018 Morgan Simmons, MMSc, CGC Leave a Comment

ThinkGenetic Blog - Genetic Condition - Bottom Story - Morgan Simmons

Over the last few years, I’ve had the opportunity to work with patients at various stages in their diagnostic odyssey. I’ve seen people who have lived their whole lives knowing… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education, News Tagged With: diagnosis, diagnostic odyssey, genes, genetic condition, genetic counseling, genetic diagnosis, genetic disease, Marfan syndrome, Morgan Simmons, Rare Disease Day

Advocacy Partnership Raises Awareness of Stomach Cancer as a Global Issue

March 7, 2018 Ruth O'Keefe Leave a Comment

Advocacy Partnership with No Stomach for Cancer Raises Profile of Valuable Stomach Cancer and Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer Resources No Stomach For Cancer (NSFC), a worldwide organization known for helping… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Partners Tagged With: advocacy partner, advocacy partners, CD1 gene, gastric cancer, HDGC, Hereditary Diffuse Gastic Cancer, Len Barker, No Stomach for Cancer, stomach cancer

ThinkGenetic Supports Rare Disease Day – Show Your Rare

February 28, 2018 Ruth O'Keefe 1 Comment

ThinkGenetic is proud to support Rare Disease Day. Why? Because we’re a part of your community! We live and breathe the struggles and triumphs firsthand. Do you know the ThinkGenetic… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education, Events Tagged With: Brian M. Ashe, Dave Jacob, Katie Brandt, Massachusetts General Hospital, MassBio, MGH, My Rare, National Organization for Rare Disorders, NORD, Rare Disease Day, Ruth O'Keefe, Show Your Rare

Kids with Pfeiffer Syndrome Get More Support with ThinkGenetic / BORN A HERO Partnership

February 7, 2018 Ruth O'Keefe Leave a Comment

BORN A HERO has joined the ThinkGenetic Advocacy Partner Program to help educate the world about children and others with the genetic condition Pfeiffer syndrome. Through this partnership, more people… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Partners Tagged With: advocacy partner, Born a Hero, Len Barker, Pfeiffer syndrome, tgadvocacy

ThinkGenetic Streamlines Access to Patient Resources in India with New Cooperative Agreement with Mapmygenome

February 6, 2018 Ruth O'Keefe Leave a Comment

Today ThinkGenetic has announced a partnership with Mapmygenome™, a leading personal genomics company based in India specializing in clinical genomics and molecular diagnostics focused on preventive healthcare. Through this partnership,… CONTINUE

Filed Under: News, Partners Tagged With: clinical genomics, genetic counseling, genetic disease, MapMyGenome, ThinkGenetic

2017 – ThinkGenetic Builds Patient – First Reputation with SymptomMatcher and More

January 31, 2018 Len Barker 1 Comment

As the President of ThinkGenetic, I am responsible for ensuring the company makes steady progress toward our goals. I provide regular feedback on this progress to our board members, investors,… CONTINUE

Filed Under: News, Updates Tagged With: artifical intelligence, genetic counselor, genetic counselors, genetic disease, geneticists, information scientists, Len Barker, PULSE@MassChallenge, Shire, SymptomMatcher, ThinkGenetic, Year in Review

ThinkGenetic Declared a PULSE@MassChallenge Top Digital Health Startup

January 30, 2018 Ruth O'Keefe 1 Comment

In a recent press release, PULSE@MassChallenge announced that ThinkGenetic was accepted into the Boston-based 2018 startup class out of 500 worldwide applicants. Previous startups that have participated in PULSE@MassChallenge have… CONTINUE

Filed Under: News, Partners Tagged With: artificial intelligence, Mass Digital Health, Massachusetts eHealth Institute, MassChallenge, PULSE@MassChallenge, Rare Disease, Shire

Recent ThinkGenetic.com Content Updates for January 2018

January 26, 2018 Deepti Babu, MS, CGC Leave a Comment

ThinkGenetic strives to create, update, and review content regularly to ensure the information we provide is accurate, referenced, and available 24/7 to anyone searching for answers about genetic conditions. You… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education, Updates Tagged With: Barth syndrome, Leber hereditary optic neuropathy, LHON, mitchondrial DNA depletion syndrome, mitochondrial disease, mitochondrial disorder, mitochondrial DNA, MNGIE, mtDNA, mtDNA PMD, nDNA, nDNA PMD, PMD, PMM, primary mitochondrial disease

The FDA Adds Gene Therapy to the Menu

January 24, 2018 Morgan Simmons, MMSc, CGC 1 Comment

Sometimes (read: most of the time), I think we as a society are pretty spoiled. Unlike our ancestors, we live in an age where many medical conditions and ailments can… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education, News Tagged With: blindness, FDA, gene therapy, genetic condition, genetic disease, inherited disease, Jesse Gelsinger, Leber congenital amaurosis, Luxturna, Morgan Simmons, rare diseases, Retinitis pigmentosa, RPE65 gene

Stealth BioTherapeutics Supports Addition of Mitochondrial Genetic Diseases in ThinkGenetic Knowledge Base

January 17, 2018 Ruth O'Keefe Leave a Comment

In a public press release this week, ThinkGenetic announced that Stealth BioTherapeutics (Stealth) has funded content design, content creation, and clinical trials advertising for mitochondrial diseases. As a first step… CONTINUE

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Barth syndrome, biopharmaceutical, Deepti Babu, genetic condition, genetic disease, Leber hereditary optic neuropathy, LHON, Mitochondrial, mitochondrial disease, mitochondrial disorders, primary mitochondrial myopathy, Stealth, Stealth BioTherapeutics, SymptomMatcher

Bringing Light to Rare Neuromuscular Disease with New ThinkGenetic Advocacy Partnership

January 5, 2018 Ruth O'Keefe 2 Comments

Neuromuscular Disease Foundation Partners with ThinkGenetic to Boost Awareness In a move that will broaden the reach of valuable resources available to those living with GNE Myopathy (or HIBM), the… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education, Partners Tagged With: advocacy partner, GNE Myopathy, HIBM, Lale' Welsh, Len Barker, Neuromuscular Disease Foundation, partnership, ThinkGenetic

Fabry Disease Study Using ThinkGenetic Diagnostic Aid to be Showcased at WORLDSymposium

December 20, 2017 Ruth O'Keefe Leave a Comment

ThinkGenetic SymptomMatcherTM Diagnostic Aid Tested for Patients with Fabry Disease in Study by Emory University School of Medicine, Grady Memorial Hospital and University of Georgia College of Pharmacy ThinkGenetic today… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Carol Ogg, Dawn Jacob Laney, diagnostic odyssey, Emory University School of Medicine, Fabry disease, genetic disease, Grady Memorial Hospital, lysosomal diseases, Morgan Simmons, SymptomMatcher, Taylor Mitchell, ThinkGenetic SymptomMatcher, University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, WORLDSymposium

ThinkGenetic Supports Pregnant Women with New Advocacy Partner, National CMV Foundation

December 18, 2017 Ruth O'Keefe Leave a Comment

In a move to help educate pregnant women and those of childbearing age learn about congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV), ThinkGenetic and the National CMV Foundation have entered into an Advocacy Partner… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Partners Tagged With: advocacy partners, advocate, CMV, congenital CMV, Cytomegalovirus, National CMV Foundation, pregnancy, viral infection

ThinkGenetic Integrates with FDNA’s Face2Gene to Help Undiagnosed Patients Find Answers

December 14, 2017 Ruth O'Keefe Leave a Comment

FDNA Integration with ThinkGenetic

In a public press release today, ThinkGenetic announced a collaboration with FDNA to help patients with undiagnosed genetic diseases. FDNA uses AI to detect physiological patterns that reveal genes affecting… CONTINUE

Filed Under: News, Partners, Press

“Rare is Everywhere” Author Partners with ThinkGenetic

November 29, 2017 Ruth O'Keefe Leave a Comment

Deborah Katz, health practitioner, author, illustrator, and founder of Rare is Everywhere Global Productions, has officially partnered with ThinkGenetic to support those living with rare genetic disorders. In November 2016,… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Partners Tagged With: Deborah Katz, Len Barker, Rare Disease Foundation, Rare is Everywhere, Rare is Everywhere Global Productions

Introducing Courtney Burt, Part Three of ThinkGenetic’s 2017 Intern Class

November 15, 2017 Ruth O'Keefe Leave a Comment

In our third and final part of our ThinkGenetic intern introductions, we are highlighting our intern from Saint Michael’s College, Courtney Burt. Each of our three interns is eager to… CONTINUE

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Courtney Burt, education, intern, Saint Michael's College

A Millennial’s Guide to Family Health History

November 15, 2017 Morgan Simmons, MMSc, CGC 1 Comment

I am a millennial. There, I said it. If you’re wondering what I’m referring to, the word “millennial” typically refers to the generation that reached adulthood around the turn of… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: #NationalFamilyHealthHistoryDay, Alex’s Lemonade Stands, family health history, family history, genetic counselor, genetic disease, millennial, Morgan Simmons, National Family Health History Day, Susan G. Komen 3-Days, Thanksgiving

It’s Amazing What a Person’s Face Can’t Tell You

November 8, 2017 Georgia Loucopoulos, Genetic Counseling Student Intern Leave a Comment

  ‘I can read you like a book.’ I’ve never actually said this to anyone, but sometimes it’s true. As a first-year genetic counseling student, I’ve had many opportunities to… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: BRCA1, BRCA2, genetic counseling, genetic counseling student, genetic counselor, Georgia Loucopoulos

Upcoming Presentation on Making Your Dream Genetic Counseling Career a Reality

November 1, 2017 Ruth O'Keefe Leave a Comment

Deepti Babu, MS, CGC, ThinkGenetic Vice President, Communications and Patient Advocacy, looks forward to being an invited speaker at The Indiana Network of Genetic Counselors’ “Upgrade: 4Genetics version 20.17” continuing… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: career, continuing education, Deepti Babu, event, genetic counselor, Indiana Network of Genetic Counselors

ThinkGenetic Boosts Kabuki Syndrome Awareness by Recognizing Advocacy Partnership with All Things Kabuki

October 23, 2017 Len Barker Leave a Comment

 All Things Kabuki became one of the earliest ThinkGenetic Advocacy Partners when it joined the Advocacy Partner Program in September 2016. Today, we mark Kabuki Syndrome Awareness Day (#kabukisyndrome) by… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education, Partners Tagged With: advocacy partner, All Things Kabuki, kabuki, partnership, ThinkGenetic

VUS Detectives: Recognizing the Individuals Who Seek to Understand Genomic Variants

October 22, 2017 Dawn Laney, MS, CGC, CCRC | ThinkGenetic Co-Founder 1 Comment

“Thanks for the genetic testing results, but what do they MEAN?!!” could be the unifying cry of thousands of patients and family members after receiving genetic test results that show… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: ClinVar, Dawn Laney, Emory University, Find My Variant, Free the Data, InformedDNA, Karmen Trzupek, Morgan Simmons, PROMPT, Retinitis pigmentosa, Simons VIP, University of Washington, variant, variant of uncertain significance, VOUS, VUS

Canadian Fabry Association Partners with ThinkGenetic To Broaden Support for Patients with Fabry Disease

October 18, 2017 Ruth O'Keefe Leave a Comment

The Canadian Fabry Association (CFA), a non-profit organization raising awareness and educating the public about Fabry disease, has joined ThinkGenetic’s Advocacy Partner program. The CFA is committed to improving the… CONTINUE

Filed Under: Partners Tagged With: advocacy partner, Canadian Fabry Association, CFA, Fabry, Julia Alton, Len Barker, partnership

Introducing Taylor Mitchell, Part Two of ThinkGenetic’s 2017 Intern Class

October 16, 2017 Ruth O'Keefe 1 Comment

In part two of our ThinkGenetic intern introductions, we are highlighting our intern from the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, Taylor Mitchell. Each of our three interns is eager… CONTINUE

Filed Under: News Tagged With: education, intern, pharmacy, Taylor Mitchell, University of Georgia

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