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Genetic counselling aims to help individuals, couples and families understand and adapt to the medical, psychological, familial and reproductive implications of the genetic contribution to specific health More
They help people to understand their genetic contributions to disease. These professionals are employed in diverse settings such as public hospitals, community health centres, IVF clinics, university research facilities and private medical centres.
There are a set of genetic conditions related to our heart and how it functions. If a cardiac genetic condition has already been identified in another member of your family and you would like testing to see if you have also inherited this genetic fault, Insight Genomica offers presymptomatic testing.
Matt Burgess, as a certified genetic counsellor and experienced genomic consultant is uniquely placed in the market to provide various paternity and relationship testing. With postgraduate training in genetics, counselling, family communication and human psychology, Matt and his team are available to help with all areas of DNA testing services. Insight Genomica is a Melbourne based company, however paternity and relationship testing can be arranged across Australian and internationally through out partner collection centres worldwide.
A genetic counsellor is a specially trained health care professional who can identify your risk factors and provides clear information about the chances of being affected by a specific genetic condition.
There are a number of conditions, which follow a multifactorial inheritance pattern. This means that the health condition is influenced not only by environmental factors, but also inherited genetic risks.
