What you need to know about genetic analysis?
A genetic test detects changes in a chromosome, gene, or protein.
The result of a genetic test confirms a suspicious genetic disorder or determines the risk of developing a genetic disorder.
More than 1000 genetic studies are available today.
Several methods are used for genetic testing, for example:
- Molecular genetic test;
- Chromosomal genetic test;
- Biochemical genetic test.
What are the benefits of genetic testing?
Testing is always useful for the patient, it has potential benefits, for example, the result allows the doctor to plan treatment tactics or to take preventive measures in case of risk.
Thanks to genetic analysis, the patient is insured against financial losses - for example, in case of a negative answer, he will no longer need various diagnostic or screening tests. If the answer is yes, the doctor no longer wastes time and starts treatment on time, observing the disease.
Genetic testing involves researching your DNA.
Genetic analysis reveals a change (mutation) in a gene that can cause disease.
As it is known each person carries a unique variation of the genome - from the point of view of specific environmental factors and norms of behavior, the genome is crucial, and therefore diagnostic testing of individual genetic information is critical.
Based on molecular analysis, the optimal treatment drugs and treatment method are selected individually.
Genetic research can reduce the risk of developing the disease to a minimum, preventing the formation of pathology.
If the disease is still developing, the attending physician can easily select an appropriate individual course of treatment based on the response to the study.
One of the main problems of modern medicine is diseases associated with genes, so the management of these pathologies without genetic testing is practically unthinkable.
The source of DNA analysis can be blood, saliva, hair follicles, sperm, skin cells and other biological material.
Why it's done:
Genetic testing plays a vital role in determining the risk of developing certain diseases as well as screening and sometimes medical treatment.
Different types of genetic testing are done for different reasons:
- Diagnostic testing.
- Presymptomatic and predictive testing.
- Pharmacogenetics.
- Prenatal testing.
- Newborn screening.
- Preimplantation testing.
- Detection of disease risk;
- Genetic incompatibility in couples;
- Discovering kinship, etc.
Genetic analysis in pregnant women
It is recommended to perform some genetic research before pregnancy in a certain risk group, for example, when there is a small family with some type of genetic pathology or a medical history of a woman indicated terminated pregnancy.
Cytogenetic examination can assess the chromosomal set of the pair. Cytogenetic study assesses an individual’s chromosomal number and structure.
Disease train screening
When a family history contains many genetic diseases, or a person wants to know which disease is a genetic carrier, or when a consanguineous marriage is noted, this is the so-called Train ScreeningTest.
This study allows you to determine the risk of developing a genetic disease in the offspring.
Genetic analysis determines the concentration of hormones and active compounds, a deviation from the norm of which already indicates the presence of a genetic pathology of the fetus.
P.S. Examination of genetic pathology material at Acibadem Labmed is already possible through the official partner I-Lab. For detailed information see the link
