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Our flagship 12 months online certificate course has enabled hundreds of students and professionals bring medical genetics into their careers and medical practice

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Our 7 months online certificate course to start you off on your career in medical genetic counseling

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Trusted name in genetic healthcare

At GHRC, we have more than 23 years of experience and expertise in providing complete genetic healthcare services to families across India.

Telecounseling services

We offer telecounseling and remote investigations when it is not possible for you to visit our facility at Nashik in person.

Training programs in medical genetics

Students and professionals looking to augment their education with genetics expertise are welcome to join our exclusive training courses.

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Our services

every person is unique, and so is our relationship with them

Genetic Testing

Our testing suite covers all genetic tests from chromosomal karyotyping to single gene testing

Genetic Counseling

Our experienced in-house genetic counselors will satisfy all your genetic healthcare queries

Prenatal Healthcare

Prenatal genetic counseling and testing is provided for all prospective parents to assess risk factors for congenital disorders.

Lifestyle Genetics

Know more about how your genes affect your nutrition, predisposition to lifestyle disorders, athletic abilities and more

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Frequently Asked Questions

How can GHRC help me addess my genetic health concerns?
How do I find out my risk of having a genetic disease?
Generally, your doctor will tell you whether you have, or are, at risk of having any genetic disease. Anyone with the following is likely to have a genetic disease, among other common observations.

Unexpected growth and development

Mental retardation

Physical growth retardation or ambiguous genital development

Muscle weakness

Underdevelopment of sexual characters, etc.

Girls above the age of 15 years having no menstruation, or boys above 14 years having no sexual development are likely to have an underlying genetic problem.

Couples with

Infertility

Repeated miscarriages, foetal losses or deaths of their children

Marriage in blood relations (consanguinity)

Children with mental retardation or development delay

A family history of genetic disease

are at risk of having a genetic problem and need to consult a genetic counselor and medical geneticist at the earliest.
How can my family history help me understand my risk of having/ developing/ transmitting a genetic disease?

Family history is critical information when trying to understand if you are at high risk of developing or transmitting a genetic disease to your subsequent generation. A genetic counsellor can study and explain these risks to you. For most accurate results, you are required to provide all necessary details of your family, including the information of members in the family up to three generations.
How do I decide if I need to be tested for a genetic disease?
What are the common genetic diseases in India?
Some common genetic diseases seen in India (representative of the global prevalence) are :

Down syndrome

Turner syndrome

Klinefelter’s syndrome

These are caused by an abnormal number of chromosomes in cells of the body.
Thalassemia, Sickle cell anaemia, various myopathies, skeletal dysplasia, etc. are commonly seen genetic diseases caused by single gene defects.
For more public information on genetic disorders, refer here.
Can we prevent the birth of babies with genetic diseases?

Yes, we can prevent the birth of the babies with genetic diseases by offering prenatal diagnosis to the pregnant couples who are at risk. We can diagnose whether the baby in the mother’s womb has a genetic disease (for which the parents are known to be at risk), and if the baby is found to be affected, pregnancy can be terminated as per medical and legal guidelines.
For more information on guidelines, refer here for details on the PC-PNDT act (Government of India).
What is Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT)?

Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing, also sometimes called Non-Invasive Prenatal Screening (NIPS), is a test done during pregnancy. The test analyses small fragments of fetal DNA which are circulating in the pregnant mothers’ blood to find out if the fetus is at risk of certain genetic abnormalities such as extra or missing chromosomes 21, 13, 18 and/ or sex chromosomes. The test can also be used to look for microdeletions and abnormalities of other chromosomes.

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A few facts about our work

Since our inception in 2003, we have been serving the public in Maharashtra and beyond independently and through the agency of several doctors and agencies associated with us.

Counseling and testing at GHRC (until 2021)

Unique genetic disorders managed

Doctors associated with us

Contact details

+91 94222 59058

support@geneticsindia.com

Address

Genetic Health & Research Centre
Shop no. 209, A wing, Archit Rialto,
Gangapur Road,
Nashik 422013
Maharashtra

We provide complete genetic healthcare education