GENES2LIFE

When a new phase in their lives begins, and a couple consider starting their own family, they often focus on needs that they believe to be  critical for starting their own family. This is often issues such as the woman's health, baby care and financial security.

For a pregnancy to happen, a sperm must unite with an egg. This results in a fertilized egg in which 50% of the genes come from the father, and 50% come from the mother. The fertilized egg attaches itself to the woman's uterus, and after 2-3 weeks the couple receive the happy news that they are expecting a child.

At this moment, the couple wants nothing more than a healthy baby. 

Also, at this time the couple realize that the baby will inherit physical and genetic characteristics from both of their families.
The child will inherit not only the father's blue eyes and the grandmother's curly hair, it may also inherit one or more diseases. Some diseases can be treated medically, while  others are rare diseases for which there are no treatments. 

GENES2LIFE

Genes2Life is a genetic test that is used to investigate whether there is a risk of having a child with an inherited genetic disease. Hereditary diseases are inherited through our genetic material, from one generation to the next. In some cases, diseases can “skip” one generation and be inherited in the next; this happens in diseases with recessive inheritance. Recessive inheritance means that a person can carry disease-related mutations without being aware of it.

RECESSIVE GENETIC DISEASE

Two copies of the same mutated gene, one in the mother and one in the father, cause the disease.