Genetic Screening Informative Speech

Do you want to know what the future holds? What if you were told you were adopted and know nothing about your families background would you take the opportunity to get genetically tested to see if later on in your life you could have a genetic disorder that was passed down to you? Genetic Screening is a preceptor for future complications in a genetic line, a means of creating time allowance to do fetal surgery; making it a medical marvel and causing future generations to be healthier and able to live longer lives.

Genetic screening is an assessment of an individual’s genetic makeup to detect inheritable defects that may be transmitted to offspring. Genetic screening can be done at different ages because of the different stages of testing. The three most common

This is done when the pregnancy is high risked for the baby having a genetic or chromosome disorder. New born screening is done after the child is born to show if there are any genetic disorders to be treated early on in their life. All states in the U.S. currently test infants for phenylketonuria, a disorder that causes intellectual disability, and congenital hypothyroidism, a disorder of the thyroid gland. Predictive and presymptomatic testing are done to detect mutations that could happen later on in life. Predictive testing can help identify mutations that increase a person’s risk of developing disorders on a genetic basis. Presymptomatic is done to determine whether a person will develop a disorder before any signs or symptoms appear. These testings can help a person decide what medical care decisions they may need to make later on. There are many different types of testing that can be done for many different defects but a few of the tests that can be done are diagnostic testing, carrier testing, and preimplantation testing. Diagnostic testing is done to rule out a specific condition based on