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Quick, science-grounded reads on how your genes shape your everyday wellness. Save one for your commute, share another at dinner. Every nugget is downloadable as a PDF.
Two healthy partners can each carry the same silent recessive gene - and a child inherits the disorder. Carrier screening surfaces that hidden risk before pregnancy, when couples still hold every reproductive option: PGT with IVF, prenatal testing, donor gametes. Test before you plan, not after.
You can be a perfectly healthy carrier of a serious recessive gene and never know - until a child inherits it. Carrier screening surfaces that hidden risk before conception, when couples still have every reproductive option on the table. Test before you plan, not after.
Indian families match blood groups before marriage. But the risks that cause the most preventable suffering - thalassemia, sickle cell, SMA - are silent recessive genes blood typing never catches. 40 million Indians carry the thalassemia gene and never know. Test before the wedding.
Most Indian couples who have a child with a serious genetic condition never knew they were carriers. Around 40 million Indians carry the thalassemia gene alone. Preconception testing turns an invisible risk into a real choice - before pregnancy, not after.
Up to 12 years can sit between your calendar age and your biological age. Your DNA methylation clock keeps the real time. Find the gap. Then close it.