On this Genetic Counselors Awareness Day, we would like to highlight one of our own. Rawan Awwad, MS, CGC joined the Fairfax EggBank team in 2022 as the Director of Genetic Counseling. In this Q&A session, she explains what she does and sheds light on the role of genetic counselors in gamete banks. Q: Can…
Did you know we have over 20,000 genes that tell our cells what to do? Of the 20,000, genetic testing technology is getting better at finding those that function well and those that don’t. But, in the absence of technology, most people who have one of these non-functioning genes never know it. That’s because genes…
Genetic testing continues to improve at a rapid rate. Subsequently, more and more of us are finding out we are carriers of genetic conditions. We know egg donors with carrier status are healthy and do not have the condition. Despite this, knowing one of the biological parents is a carrier presents new knowledge that requires…
Genetic testing on egg donors is nothing new at Fairfax EggBank. Historically, we’ve used these results to determine whether the donor is appropriate for our donor egg program. But we’ve made a recent commitment to deepen the level of genetic information a recipient can obtain on a donor. Effective September 2018, we launched the GenPanel+…
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