GENDIA
(for GENetic DIAgnostic Network) is an international network consisting of more than 100 laboratories located in the USA, Europe, Asia and Australia.
GENDIA currently offers more than 2000 different genetic tests, including molecular tests for more than 1200 genes.
The
mission of GENDIA is to improve the accessibility, cost-effectiveness and quality of genetic diagnostics on a global scale.
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Latest Gendia News:
May 20, 2013: GENDIA announces that its NIPT (Non Invasive Prenatal Test) will also include testing of aneuploidies of the sex chromosomes X and Y for monosomy X (Turner syndrome), XXY (Klinefelter syndrome), XXX (Triple X syndrome) and XYY syndrome.
Also testing of twin pregnancies becomes possible.
The essentials of the NIPT test are summarised below, and more details can be found by clicking on NIPT.
1. DESCRIPTION: NIPT is a DNA test on maternal blood to screen pregnancies for the most common fetal aneuploidies (chromosomes 21, 18, 13 X and Y).
2. SAMPLE: specific test kits provided by GENDIA are required: 20ml blood in specific blood tubes is required from the mother.
The samples have to be sent by Express mail to GENDIA's lab in Antwerp, Belgium, and arrive there within 2 days of withdrawal.
3. TIMING: from gestation week 10
4. TURNAROUND TIME: < 2 weeks
5. RELIABILITY: The reliability of NIPT results to exclude Down syndrome is very high. Both the sensitivity and the specificity is > 99 %.
6. PRICE: 690 Euro
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