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What is Eugene’s carrier testing?
Eugene’s carrier test is an at-home genetic test to see if you or your partner carry a gene variant that could cause a serious genetic condition in your child.
The common conditions we screen for include Cystic Fibrosis, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Thalassemia, and Tay-Sach disease, but there are close to 300 recessive and X-linked conditions that are screened.
Relevant science things to know
We all carry variants in our genes
These variants can affect how our bodies grow, develop and function.
Carrying variants is completely normal
We’re all different and we all carry these gene variants, most times we just don’t know about them.
Some variants can affect our children
If these variants are shared by both partners it can cause a serious genetic condition in their child.
Who’s this test for?
Honestly, it’s for everyone who wants to have a family one day.
Family history isn’t everything
Most children born with an inherited genetic condition never had a family history of it. Obviously this often feels completely ‘out of the blue’ for the parents.
Genetic conditions don’t discriminate
Our test includes many serious conditions that are more frequent in different ethnic communities are often excluded in industry standard tests.
Individually rare, collectively common
When combined, the average risk of having a child with one of these conditions is higher than the risk of having a child with Down syndrome.
Planning your pregnancy
Some consider their carrier status as partners, just before trying to get pregnant to make informed reproductive choices for their family.
Planning your future
Some consider their carrier status as important health information to incorporate in their plan for their future, long before they think about starting a family.
Planning your marriage
For many, having a natural pregnancy after a marriage is what’s most important. In this case, it’s important to know your carrier status before marriage.
Recessive conditions
The genes associated with these are in chromosomes 1-22. If two people are carriers for the same condition, there’s a one in four chance that their children would have the condition.
X-linked conditions
The genes associated with these are in chromosomes 23. For x-linked conditions the sex of the parent who passes on the variant influences the risk for the children.
Eugene’s genetic carrier screening is a convenient saliva-based test that can be completed from home. It's the test that checks to see if you or your partner carry a gene variant that could cause a serious genetic disease in your child.
All of our tests screen for the more common genetic conditions including cystic fibrosis, spinal muscular atrophy, Tay-Sachs Disease and fragile X syndrome. In addition, our Expanded panel screens for 268 recessive conditions, and 21 X-linked conditions and our Comprehensive panel for more than 500 conditions.
$795.00 - $1,195.00
