Genetic screening for all couples looking to have children

Health Report - Separate stories podcast

Screening can identify couples with an increased chance of having a child with an autosomal recessive or X-linked genetic condition.

But at the moment there are barriers to screening – you have to request testing yourself, and costs can be out of pocket.

A large study has explored the best way to deliver a national screening program, that would be available to all couples in Australia.

Guest

• Prof Martin Delatycki, Co-Director of the Bruce Lefroy Centre at Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)

References

• Nationwide, Couple-Based Genetic Carrier Screening - The New England Journalist of Medicine