CGT: Carrier Genetic Test

Carrier Genetic Test (CGT) is important when planning a family, because it helps to determine the risk of having a child with a genetic disease.

We are all carriers of certain genetic mutations. Although carriers are healthy people, if both parents have a mutation in the same gene the probability of having a sick child is 25%.

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Genetic disorders represent 20% of the causes of infant mortality in developed countries and that they are behind 18% of interventions in pediatric hospitals.

What is CGT test?

A simple DNA test prior to pregnancy which prevents genetic disorders in the baby.

The CGT helps you to plan your family in the most responsible way.
It helps to determine the risk of having a child with a genetic disease.
This test tells us whether the parents carry one or more recessive genetic mutations.
Carriers are usually healthy but when two parents carry a mutation in the same gene they might produce an affected child.

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Why use CGT?

If both members of the couple obtain a positive result in the Carrier Genetic Test with a mutation in the same gene, they have some options to have a healthy child:

Preimplantation genetic diagnose (PGT-M)
Prenatal testing
Egg or sperm donation

Is CGT for you?

CGT is recommended if:

You want to know the risk of transmitting possible disorders to your future children.
You’re going to start a reproductive assisted treatment.
You’re staring a treatment involving a sperm or egg donor.