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Personalized Prescribing Company Formed by Merger of Genelex Corporation and Mental Health Connections
Yahoo Finance - The first-ever comprehensive personalized prescribing services company has been formed with the merger of Seattle-based Genelex Corporation and Lexington, Massachusetts-based Mental Health Connections, Inc. (MHC), signaling a significant advance in personalized medicine.
Rising Awareness of Genetic Test Determines Tamoxifen Benefit
Reuters - USA -
Genelex Corporation's Tamoxitest(TM) could save thousands of lives ... "The Genelex gene profiling technology is a powerful tool to help my patients. ...
Accused killer takes stand in Federal Way nursing home case
TheNewsTribune.com - Tacoma,WA, USA- Howard Coleman, chairman of Genelex Corp., a DNA testing lab in Seattle, examined the State Patrol crime lab's report and said he agreed with its finding that ...
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DNA testing helps pinpoint treatments for cancer patients
New DNA Test Identifies Important Enzyme
Chances are you haven't heard of an enzyme called "CYP-2D6." 200,000 men and women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year and 40,000 die. One reason is the lack of that enzyme--which can stand between you and your treatment. There is a simple test that can save your life-and thousands of others.
Tracing the Polygamists' Family Tree
Genetic testing could be completed in as little as a few days, according to Howard Coleman, CEO of Genelex, a Seattle-based commercial genetics lab
The 9 Medical Breakthroughs That Could Change Your Life
Marketwire - DNA Test Improves Breast Cancer Treatment
Howard Coleman on Warfarin
Update on how the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has taken up the question of whether to pay for DNA tests to help determine a personalized dose for the common blood-thinning drug, Warfarin.
A Roadmap to Diagnostics in the 21st Century
MarketWatch - Learn about the Diagnostic Test Service Commercialization in Multiplex and Esoteric Testing
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.
DNA Tests a Mouse Click Away
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.
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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.
Liver Success
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
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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.
Going from Genome to Pill
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.
Researchers tout ability of genetic tests to avoid bad drug reactions
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. View the video by clicking here.
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 DNA Drug Sensitivity 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.
We're All Cousins...Sort Of
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.
Genelex diversifying its lineup of genetic tests
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.
The Power of DNA
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.
DNA Test Kits Can Answer, and Complicate, Questions of Paternity
Newhouse News Service article on the home paternity testing.
Bones identified as those of Shoreline man
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.
Genetic Testing Checks For Drug Reactions
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.
Test can avert deadly drug reactions
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 first to test direct to consumer pharmacogenetics market
Genelex Corporation, a Seattle genetic testing laboratory, has begun offering drug response gene tests directly to the public.
The Upside of Antidepressants: Genetic test for adverse reaction may lift Genelex
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.
Prescription drugs that kill: Another kind of drug problem
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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