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Podcast: Demystifying Genetics
Episode: ClinVar, Controversy, and the Case for Change at Myriad Genetics. Demystifying Genetics with Susan Manley
Description: Myriad Genetics has had a contentious reputation, especially amongst the genetic counseling community in North America. This is mainly due to Myriad's involvement in the patenting of the BRCA genes in the USA and Myriad's decision to not submit data to ClinVar unlike most other genetic testing laboratories.
Myriad Genetics has a suite of fantastic, industry leading genetic tests, that help thousands of people each month. However, a lab is more than it's tests. Cultural change may be needed, but one bright star at Myriad is genetic counselor Susan Manley, the Senior Vice President of Medical Services. <...