Prasad's Genetics Solutions

Having worked in the field of Obstetrics, Male Infertility and Female Infertility, what struck us as a matter of optimum importance is-Genetic Disorder. This lead to the evolution of Prasad’s Genetic Solutions.

The Diagnosis of fetal disorder ‘in-utero’ is the most important milestone in clinical genetics. Availability of perinatal diagnosis enables many such families who are at a high risk of occurrence of genetic disorder, to plan their pregnancies. The purpose of this diagnosis is to detect whether the fetus is affected by a serious disorder in early pregnancy, thereby providing the option of termination. This is a near-perfect method of preventing the birth of an abnormal offspring. On the positive side, when the results indicate or confirm unaffected fetus the anxious parents magically transform into a relieved and satisfied twosome.

The aim of genetic screening is to classify affected and unaffected pregnancies as efficiently as possible into high risk and low risk categories.

Utmost important factor in such cases is timing and reporting of results. Since invariably more than one test is performed, these are options related to timing and reporting. The tests may be performed at the same time(concurrent) or at different times(sequential). In case of sequential testing, the result may be withheld until all tests are complete(non-disclosure)

Intermediate results may be reported as soon as they are ready(stepwise). In the end comes another kind of sequential testing where immediate action is taken on the results that appear unequivocal(contingent). Only results with intermediate values are withheld until all results are available.

If prenatal diagnosis were restricted to high risk groups the majority of abnormalities would go undetected. All pregnant women regardless of their age, history should be offered non-invasive screening as a monitoring tool for healthy pregnancy.

The advantage of SCREENING is that the number of pregnant women who are referred for invasive testing is substantially reduced. Since invasive procedures are much costlier and have associated risk of miscarriages the screening technique helps in reducing overall procedures related risk to the fetus and saves cost for the parents.