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Genetic testing means examining your DNA i.e. your chemical database which has instructions to handle your body functions. Genetic testing showcases changes in your genes which is causing any disease. Though genetic testing can offer important details about diagnosing, treating and preventing disease, but it has its limitations. For instance, if a health person gets a positive result, it doesn’t generally mean that he will develop a disease. And, sometimes a negative result doesn’t guarantee that you will not get a particular illness There are several types of genetic testing available for different purposes. Diagnostic testing: If you have a disease symptom which may have occurred because of genetic alteration, then genetic testing can reveal the problem. You can use this test to confirm diagnosis of kidney problems, hemochromatosis etc. Presymptomatic and predictive testing: If you have a genetic problem in your family history, then going for genetic testing before t...

Introduction A medical test that is used to know about the changes in genes, chromosomes or proteins is known as genetic testing . It is done with the help of small samples of blood or body tissues. It is mainly preferred to determine the chance of a person of originating or passing on a genetic disorder. It has been developed enough so that the practitioners or professionals can often pinpoint those genes which are defective or missing. Numerous genetic tests are currently in use and more are getting developed. Genetic Testing For Embryos Genetic testing for embryos is widely used in fertility centres to uplift the chances of a healthy baby and live birth. Egg and sperm cells generally have 23 chromosomes. After fertilisation, a single-celled embryo is developed with 46 chromosomes. A cell having 46 chromosomes is known as euploid and an abnormal cell having more or fewer chromosomes is named as aneuploid. There are some drawbacks of aneuploid as it can result in congenita...