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NextGen Services
Advances in genetics and genomics have revolutionized the way wethink about health.Almost every disease is influenced in part by an individual’s genetic makeup. Therefore, it is important to consider the impact of genetics in health and disease throughout an individual’s lifetime.
All of us have approximately 20,000 genes in almost every cell in our bodies. These genes are the blueprint or instructions that tell our bodies how to grow and develop. Although most of our genetic instructions are similar, we all carry genetic differences (or variants) that are unique to us!
Genetic testing can help:
- Make or confirm a diagnosis
- Inform decisions about current or future healthcare
- Provide a basis for your clinician’s diagnosis and recommendations for treatment and care
- Support your decisions about family planning for yourself or other family members
- Give other family members the opportunity to learn their genetic status
Understanding the underlying conditions of human genetics and the role of genes is important for collecting the right genomic information and technologies during clinical care. This is very important in improving disease diagnosis and treatment as well.
GMC offers access to quality genetics services that are critical to healthcare…
Individuals and families that face genetically influenced medical challenges, must visit their healthcare providers to identify needs, develop treatment plans, and manage their genetic condition.
GMC provides quality resources to assist individuals and their families in understanding family health history, signs/symptoms, screening/testing options and their implications, diagnosis, treatment, and long-term follow-up, as needed.
Genetic Tests
- Carrier Testing
- Predictive Testing
- Prenatal Diagnosis
- Newborn Screening
- Diagnostic/Prognostic Testing
Genetic Testing Services
GMC provides diagnostic genetic testing for inherited diseases in all medical specialties, including Proactive and Reproductive screening testing for unaffected healthy individuals. Our diagnostic tests are for healthcare professionals to use as a tool to make or confirm a genetic diagnosis for their patient (or the patient’s family members) when they suspect an inherited disorder may be present.
- Carrier testing can be used to help couples learn if they carry a certain variation of a gene, and thus, may pass on a disease to their children. This type of testing is typically offered to individuals who have a family history of a genetic disorder. If both parents are tested, the test can provide information about a couple’s chance of having a child with a specific genetic condition.
- Prenatal diagnostic testing is used to detect changes in a fetus’ genes or chromosomes. This type of testing is offered to couples with an increased risk of having a baby with a genetic or chromosomal disorder. A tissue sample for testing can be obtained through amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling.
- Predictive testing can identify individuals at risk of getting a disease prior to the onset of symptoms. These tests are particularly useful if an individual has a family history of a specific disease and an intervention is available to prevent the onset of disease or minimize disease severity. Predictive testing can identify mutations that increase a person’s risk of developing conditions with a genetic basis such as certain types of cancer.
- Newborn screening is the most widespread use of genetic testing. In United States almost every newborn is screened for a number of genetic diseases. Early detection of these diseases can lead to actions that can be taken to prevent the onset of symptoms or minimize disease severity.
- Diagnostic & Prognostic Testing may be used to confirm a diagnosis in a symptomatic individual or used to monitor prognosis of a disease or response to treatment