genetics

Southwestern Ontario – Genetics Education Day for Primary Care Providers

      Schulich Medicine and Dentistry, Children’s Health Research Institute, Medical Genetics Program of Southwestern Ontario and Western University are putting on a symposium for Primary Care Providers titled Genetics in Your Practice. A brochure for this day can be found here.  The day’s topics include prenatal genetics (e.g. non-invasive Read more

Hello, nice to meet you: An introduction to popular GECKO products 

The GECKO website has many resources for healthcare providers, primary care providers and other non-genetics health professionals.  All products are expert reviewed, up-to-date and evidence-based.  We recognize that most of our users are not likely to have the time to search through all the content on our site, so Read more

GEC-KO’s November

Sorry that we’ve been a bit absent on our blog.  We’ve been busy on the road highlighting GEC-KO, our products and relevant genomic information across the nation.  Two weeks ago we were in beautiful Vancouver, BC at the Canadian Association of Genetic Counsellors (CAGC) and the Canadian College of Read more

Direct-to-Consumer genetic testing in Canada

Direct-to-consumer genetic testing company, 23 and me, is now marketing its product in Canada.  Check out the Globe and Mail article for more information on this news update. While the data generated are reportedly “intended for informational purposes only” users of this service are told that “findings should always be Read more

2014 Founders Award for Excellence in Medical Genetics

  We are very proud of GEC-KO’s own Dr. Judith Allanson who will be receiving the 2014 Founders Award from the Canadian College of Medical Geneticists (CCMG).   This award is given to members of the CCMG who have made outstanding contributions to Canadian medical genetics.  The award is in Read more