Table 1 Overview of ECS providers
From: A systematic analysis of online marketing materials used by providers of expanded carrier screening
ECS provider | Country | Type of provider | Details relating to the ECS test |
|---|---|---|---|
23andMe | USA | Genetic testing company | “Health+Ancestry” is a combined testing service, including 41 autosomal recessive disease genes |
Baby Genes | USA | Genetic testing company | The Carrier Screening test includes 92 genes. It is based on the newborn screening panel developed by the company |
Baylor Genetics | USA | Genetic testing company | The “GeneAware” carrier test includes 159 genes |
Counsyl | USA | Genetic testing company | The “Family Prep Screen” includes 111 genes |
DNA Testing Centres Canada | Canada | Genetic testing company | Intermediary company, providing Pathway Genomics’ “Carrier DNA Insight” to patients in Canada |
GenPath Diagnostics | USA | Genetic testing company | “InheriGen” is an ECS test screening for 169 genes |
Good Start Genetics | USA | Genetic testing company | Offers multiple options. The “GeneVu” ComprehensivePlus panel includes 281 genes |
Igenomix | Spain | Genetic testing company | “CGT” Igenomix includes 549 genes |
Insight Medical Genetics | USA | Medical clinic specialized in genetic testing | Carrier screening is part of the broader preconception assessment. The test includes 164 genes |
Integrated Genetics | USA | Genetic testing company | The “Inheritest Carrier Screen NGS” Comprehensive Panel option includes 136 genes |
LifeLabs Genetics | Canada | Genetic testing company | An intermediary provider of the “Family Prep Screen” (developed by Counsyl) to patients in Canada |
Mount Sinai Hospital | USA | Medical Hospital | “NextStep Carrier Screening” offers multiple screening options, with the most comprehensive panel consisting of 281 genes |
Natera | USA | Genetic testing company | Offers multiple ECS panels. The most comprehensive panel, “Horizon 274”, includes 273 genes |
Pathway Genomics | USA | Genetic testing company | “Carrier DNA Insight” screens for 74 genes |
Progenity | USA | Genetic testing company | Offers multiple ECS panels. The "Preparent Global" option screens for 226 genes |
Recombine | USA | Genetic testing company | “CarrierMap” screens for 301 genes |
Sequenom | USA | Genetic testing company | “HerediT Universal” has been developed in collaboration with Recombine and has the same characteristics as “CarrierMap” |
Viafet | UAE | Genetic testing company | Based in Dubai, Viafet offers a carrier screening test including more than 600 genes |
