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Head Office: Wellcare Health Clinic, Nazım Hikmet Caddesi, Omağ Sitesi, Blok F1, Dükkan 3, Aydemet Metehan, Lefkoşa Nicosia Branch: Miracle Hastanesi, Prof. Hilmi İleri Sokak No:24, Lefkoşa, Kıbrıs Kyrenia Branch: Medicalport Tunççevik Hastanesi, Kurtuluş Caddesi, Numara 70, Bellapais Yolu, Girne, Kıbrıs
What Is Carrier Screening?
In recent years, extraordinary advances in genomics and biotechnology have paved the way for reading and understanding information about the human genome. In particular, a new sequencing technology called Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) is making DNA analysis more comprehensive, easier and more effective.
The growing information obtained from NGS provides a remarkable perspective on genetic disorders. This improved understanding is ultimately evolving into advanced genetic tests, namely carrier screening tests, which drive broader and more comprehensive screening for genetic diseases.
Who Is It Suitable For?
Couples planning a pregnancy
Individuals with a family history of genetic disease
Consanguineous couples
Individuals seeking a comprehensive risk assessment before pregnancy
What Is GeneScreen?
GeneScreen® is a carrier screening test that identifies couples at risk of passing hereditary disorders on to their children. GeneScreen ® uses highly advanced next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology that targets the nuclear and mitochondrial (mtDNA) genomes. GeneScreen ® performs exon sequencing of all genes on the panel, which allows a more comprehensive analysis of each gene and the associated diseases. The GeneScreen® Carrier Screening Test provides comprehensive care and enables patients to make more informed reproductive decisions. Offering GeneScreen® to a patient before pregnancy allows them to learn about their reproductive health early on.
Many studies have shown that:
In 80% of couples who have children born with a genetic recessive disorder, the parents have no symptoms.
Each individual is a carrier of an average of -2.8 pathogenic variants.
Approximately 1 in 4 people (24%) is a carrier of at least 1 gene mutation, and 1 in 20 people (5.2%) is a carrier of multiple gene mutations.
1 in 20 people (5%) is a carrier of a gene mutation, 88% had no prior family history, and 1 in 240 were high-risk carrier couples with a risk of having a child with a gene mutation. This is why carrier screening tests are important.