For early determination and detection of genetic disorders such as cancers, cardio, inheritance diseases, micro genomic, pharmacogenomics and reproductive disorders, Delhi’s Seeds of Innocence, under one of the Superspeciality hospital, has launched a company which is a Genetic Testing and Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory located in New Delhi. The facility was launched by India’s Health Minister. The laboratory is equipped with all necessary high-end equipment like Nextgen, Sequencer, Thermal Cyclers, Real Time PCR, and other supporting machines. Patients can avail the facility for between Rs 25,000 and Rs 30,000, which is very low compared to foreign countries.
The cost of these tests done in foreign countries is around Rs 2 lakhs. The centre claims that the success rate of the tests in Genekart is 80 percent. He lauded the efforts of the hospital for providing such a service at…