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A woman in her early fifties with shoulder-length grey hair and a charcoal sweater, looking calmly at the camera against a pale grey wall.

Illustrative scenario, not a real person’s story

Stories

A few of the situations that bring someone to a test, and the panel that answers each one.

The scenarios below are illustrative: each describes a situation someone might be in, not a real customer. Real stories will appear here only once a customer has chosen to share theirs and signed a release.

Why people test

  1. Diet, fitness and health together
  2. Cancer risk
  3. Medications
  4. Nutrition & fitness
  5. Everyday wellbeing and stress
  6. Mental health
  7. Family & newborn
Your genetic tests come in one kit; Oral Health DNA has its own kit, and GeneBaby uses a separate gentle swab along your baby’s gums.

By need

  • A man in his early thirties with a short beard, in a rust-coloured overshirt over a white T-shirt, looking calmly at the camera against a pale grey wall.

    Illustrative scenario, not a real person’s story

    Someone about to start a new prescription, who wants to understand how their genes may affect the way they process it before their next appointment.

    Fits: GenePGx

    One saliva sample. Checks selected known variants in 15 genes, plus CYP2D6 copy number, by genotyping. One plain report on everyday, pain and mental-health medicines, plus a supplement view, to share with every prescriber and pharmacist you see.

    Our nutrition, supplement, athletic and wellbeing reports are for general wellness and information. The evidence behind these associations is less established than for our clinical panels, and these reports are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

  • A woman in her late sixties with a silver bob, in a navy cardigan over a cream blouse, looking calmly at the camera against a pale grey wall.

    Illustrative scenario, not a real person’s story

    Someone in their sixties who has been reading about stress and sleep, and wants to see the genetic side of it before deciding what else to look into.

    Fits: GeneResilience

    One saliva sample, genotyped for selected variants studied in stress response, sleep timing and antioxidant defences. Each trait comes back in plain words: your result, and what research has linked it to.

    Our nutrition, supplement, athletic and wellbeing reports are for general wellness and information. The evidence behind these associations is less established than for our clinical panels, and these reports are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

  • A man in his mid-fifties with a salt-and-pepper beard and glasses, in a charcoal sweater, looking warmly at the camera against a pale grey wall.

    Illustrative scenario, not a real person’s story

    Someone in their fifties with no known family history of cancer, who wants to know whether they carry any of the selected inherited variants this panel checks, and to take the report to their doctor.

    Fits: GeneCancer

    One saliva sample. Checks selected variants across 108 genes, including BRCA1 and BRCA2, by genotyping. A clear report to talk through with your doctor.

    Testing for inherited cancer risk is a screening test, not a diagnosis. A result with no variant found does not mean you will not develop cancer, and finding a variant does not mean you will. Talk to your doctor or a genetic counselor before making any decision about screening, medication or surgery.

  • A woman in her late twenties with curly dark hair, in an oatmeal knit sweater, looking calmly at the camera against a pale grey wall.

    Illustrative scenario, not a real person’s story

    Someone who notices that coffee and dairy seem to sit differently with them than with the people around them, and is curious what a genetic panel says about traits like those.

    Fits: GeneDiet

    One saliva sample, genotyped for selected variants studied in carbohydrates, fats, appetite, taste, caffeine and lactose. A plain report on the traits you carry.

    Our nutrition, supplement, athletic and wellbeing reports are for general wellness and information. The evidence behind these associations is less established than for our clinical panels, and these reports are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

  • A man in his early seventies with white hair, in a brown tweed jacket and a pale blue shirt, looking kindly at the camera against a pale grey wall.

    Illustrative scenario, not a real person’s story

    Someone who has never had a genetic test and would rather see their diet, fitness and everyday wellness traits together in one report than choose between separate tests.

    Fits: GeneCore

    One saliva sample, one plain report: your diet, fitness and health traits side by side, and what research links each one to.

    Our nutrition, supplement, athletic and wellbeing reports are for general wellness and information. The evidence behind these associations is less established than for our clinical panels, and these reports are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

  • A woman in her mid-thirties with dark wavy hair, in a white linen shirt, holding a sleeping newborn wrapped in an oatmeal blanket against her chest.

    Illustrative scenario, not a real person’s story

    A parent of a newborn who wants to understand what a broader panel of inherited conditions covers, alongside their state’s newborn screening, before their baby’s next check-up.

    Fits: GeneBaby

    A gentle swab along your baby’s gums, checked for selected inherited variants. A plain report written for parents, to read with your pediatrician.

    GeneBaby does not replace the newborn screening your state performs at birth, and it is not a diagnostic test. Deciding to test a child is a decision to make with your pediatrician.

  • Illustrative scenario, not a real person’s story

    Someone working with a psychiatric prescriber on more than one medicine, who wants a single report that prescriber can weigh alongside everything else they already know.

    Fits: GenePGx

    One saliva sample. Checks selected known variants in 15 genes, plus CYP2D6 copy number, by genotyping. One plain report on everyday, pain and mental-health medicines, plus a supplement view, to share with every prescriber and pharmacist you see.

    Our nutrition, supplement, athletic and wellbeing reports are for general wellness and information. The evidence behind these associations is less established than for our clinical panels, and these reports are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Our promises

  • The guarantee

    Full refund within 30 days of ordering, as long as your results haven’t been delivered. Once your results are delivered, the guarantee no longer applies.

  • Cancel anytime

    Cancel anytime online, or by writing to info@genematrix.io. Your reports stay yours; re-reads stop when GeneMatrix+ ends.

  • Your data

    We never sell your genetic data, and we never share it for marketing or research. It goes only to those who complete your order: the laboratory that runs your tests; for an order shipped to New York, the physician or reference laboratory that completes it; and service providers under contract that store your data or prepare your report for us, including Labrynix and SignalPGx, the laboratory-information and reporting software we use. Once we can bill health plans, and only if you choose to bill our pharmacogenomics (PGx) test to yours, your health plan receives what it needs to process that claim, and for no other purpose. Nutrigenomics and oral microbe results never go to a health plan. That holds while GeneMatrix+ is active and after it ends.

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