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Reproductive Carrier Screening Test at Nadezhda Hospital
The expanded carrier screening test offered at Nadezhda Hospital is a next-generation test that analyses 436 genes.
09.04.2025 | 10:39
If you are planning to have a baby, you have probably thought about the genes you may pass on to your child.
Beyond physical characteristics such as hair or eye colour, parents may also pass on invisible traits, including genetic disorders.
Unfortunately, when it comes to genetic diseases, in most cases we are currently able to diagnose them but not cure them. Most babies are born healthy, but every pregnancy carries a small risk of a child being born with a genetic condition.
Today, more than 10,000 recessive genetic disorders are known, while effective treatments exist for only a few hundred of them.
That is why, if you are planning to become a parent, you may wish to consider reproductive carrier screening. This blood test identifies couples who may be at risk of having a child affected by a recessive genetic disorder.
Who is this test intended for?
- Couples planning a pregnancy;
- Individuals with an increased risk based on their ethnic background;
- Individuals with a family history of a genetic disorder;
- Egg, sperm, or embryo donors;
- Women in early pregnancy;
- Anyone interested in learning their carrier status.
The expanded carrier screening test available at Nadezhda Hospital is based on next-generation technology and analyses 436 genes.
Learn more about how genes work, when there is a risk of passing on a genetic disorder to future generations, and how carrier screening works in the video below.
