AIMAN INAM

GENEVA: Igenomix, the reproductive genetic laboratory giant, has carried out a research. According to which, nuptials knot amid first cousins augment the menace of diffusing genetic chaos to their kids.

The study explained that if both the parents have the similar metamorphosis (mayhem), the odds that the baby will be influenced from that disorder are as high as 25 percent. As a result, the child might not be able to live a normal healthy life.

According to Rajni Khajuria from Igenomix, 17 percent of the duos in case of consanguineous marriages have been reported with a grave peril of spreading genetic disorders to their infant.

She further maintained that such matrimony could raise the occurrence of innumerable hereditary disorders such as Retinitis Pigmentosa, Leber Congenital Amaurosis, Stargardt disease and Usher syndrome.

As per the WHO report, around 10 children out of 1,000 live births experience genetic disorders. The majority of these chaoses is incurable and can therefore trigger a lifetime disability. However, numerous individuals remain unaware to such disarrays until or unless they have an affected child and this is the most awful situation.

Khajuria held: “Genetic disorders pass on from generation to generation. One could be a carrier of a genetic disorder and still lead a healthy life. Doctors say that they often come across people who are Thalassemia minor patients and they only get to know while being treated for some other problem later in their lives.

“These disorders cannot be cured but can surely be prevented, by running a simple blood test before planning a child. IGENOMIX‘s Carrier Genetic Test (CGT) helps to determine if both the parents are carrier,” said she.

It is pertinent to mention here that investigators from Igenomix have observed an unusual division prototype of genetic syndromes in families where nuptials among close relations are a widespread state.