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I have not seen a crisis of this magnitude since yesterday
February 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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📑 New paper alert! Our work on returning #multi-omics results to research participants

Key message-We need better systems and policies for returning research results in the multi-omics era

🙏 Thanks to my team of co-authors for tackling this complex issue in #researchethics

🔗 tinyurl.com/3hzc587m
Researcher views on returning results from multi-omics data to research participants: insights from The Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium (MoTrPAC) Study - BMC Medical Ethics
Background There is growing consensus in favor of returning individual specific research results that are clinically actionable, valid, and reliable. However, deciding what and how research results sh...
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February 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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American health workers looking to relocate? Doorway to practice medicine in Canada 🇨🇦
We have job openings nationwide. www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...
Canada announces new immigration stream specific to health workers
Communities across Canada need health workers. The health field is one of several key sectors of Canada’s labour force which is facing unprecedented shortages. To help respond to this challenge, last ...
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February 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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It’s Black History Month. To mark, honor and recognize this, the Journal of Genetic Counseling has updated our curated collection of manuscripts (I won’t name the person responsible given …), and it’s all free to read for the month! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... please read and share
Black History Month: Journal of Genetic Counseling
Click on the title to browse this issue
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February 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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@lizneeley.bsky.social is publishing a weekly newsletter to track the ongoing attacks in science and higher ed. If you want to keep abreast without drowning in the news, I recommend it: buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
February 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Hi all! I’ve launched my podcast All Access DNA 🧬🎙️
This weeks episode is about genetic counseling and we talk to Holly Zimmerman (she/her) an experienced genetic counselor and educator. Find us at allaccessdna.podbean.com or wherever you listen to podcasts!
January 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Vivian Pan, MS, CGC, Senior Genetic Counselor at the University of Illinois Cancer Center, is lead editor of and a contributor on A Guide to Genetic Counseling, Third Edition, a definitive textbook in the field of #geneticcounseling.

Read more here: bit.ly/3O3Rb6D
Pan Lead Editor of Genetic Counseling Textbook
Vivian Pan, MS, CGC, a Senior Genetic Counselor at the University of Illinois Cancer Center, is an author on a genetic counseling textbook.
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November 26, 2024 at 9:01 PM
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Interesting case study of a homozygous PLN variant (p.L39*) in a patient with severe DCM requiring HTx (het parents had LV hypertrophy). onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Just the third such case reported (AFAIK) - PLN has very complex geno-pheno associations... #cardiogen #cardiosky 🧬
December 16, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Hey GCs, are you using an employer-provided healthcare-specific AI tool at work? I'm reaching out on behalf of a group of GCs who are planning a submission for the NSGC AC on this topic. You don't have to be far in your adoption or a pro! Please DM me or reply in this thread #GeneChat
December 18, 2024 at 3:54 PM
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Anti-transferrin receptor antibodies for oligo delivery — two new programs for PLN &
PRKAG2 cardiac disease from
Avidity!

Approach opens up a whole new host of oligo-based therapies for cardiovascular disease!

#cardiosky #biosky #cardiogen

aviditybiosciences.investorroom.com/2024-11-12-A...
Avidity Biosciences Announces New Precision Cardiology Development Candidates to Treat Rare Genetic Cardiomyopathies and Provides First Look at Next-Generation Technology Innovations
Avidity expands its leading RNA delivery technology into precision cardiology with two new wholly-owned development candidates targeting rare genetic cardiomyopathies: AOC 1086 to treat PLN...
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November 12, 2024 at 3:29 PM
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Excited to share this new Scientific Advisory doc from AHA on Gene Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease

A summary of mechanisms, delivery methods, future hurdles, and current trials (actually probably already out of date)

www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...

#AHA #CardioSky #cardiogen
November 12, 2024 at 8:41 PM
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Thrilled to share our new publication "Assessing and attending to psychosocial concerns in genetic counseling: Proposing the BATHE method" We highlight a practical, adaptable framework that GCs can use with patients.
Ready to learn more? #geneticcounseling #psychosocial #patientcare #BATHEmethod
Assessing and attending to psychosocial concerns in genetic counseling: Proposing the BATHE method - PubMed
The process of identifying and responding to patients' social, emotional, and psychological concerns is a required skill for training and practicing genetic counselors. Patients' health outcomes are i...
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November 20, 2024 at 8:04 PM