The Genetic test...

The objective of the test is to provide the client with information relating to their individual genetic predisposition to 25 diseases or conditions that are covered by the test. The purpose of this molecular genetic test is to ascertain if you or the person being tested is carrying mutation(s) predisposing you to or causing the specific diseases or conditions covered by the test. It is important to understand that the provided report is not replacing a visit to your physician and we highly recommend that you consult your physician due to the complexity of DNA based testing and the important implications of the test results.

The nature of the test...

The molecular genetic test is based on the study of SNP (Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms) which are genetic sites that vary between individuals with an incidence equal to or higher than 1%. Since this technique looks at the sites that differ most from one individual to another, this test is very successful at identifying DNA markers associated with diseases or conditions. Techniques based on SNP provide information about the most common variation in the human genome for research - and you - to study. It is still important to keep in mind that rare variations that affect certain diseases may not be covered by a SNP test as they still have not been discovered, or because their incidence is very low.

The limitations of this genetic test...

The information presented in this report is based on the latest scientific research. The diseases that are included in this report have generally been replicated in more than one important ethnic group. This yields a lot of confidence to the results that are reported. However, we cannot exclude the possibility that future research may improve upon the accuracy of the results. It is also important to note that not all disease associations have been reported for all ethnic groups and for this reason, genetic research is not comprehensive. When a disease association for your ethnicity has not yet been reported, the closest ethnicity can be used to generate the part of the report covering said disease association; in which case it will be mentioned in the report which ethnicity is assumed for each disease covered. A genetic test based on SNP cannot reveal large microsatellite genome rearrangement, insertion/deletion events or copy number variations.