The vast amount of genetic information now available, enhancing the public view about the relationship between genetics and health, has resultedin an increased demand for genetic tests.

The Molecular Division of Kariminejad-Najmabadi Pathology & Genetics Center provides a wide variety of common and unique molecular tests. This divisionperforms DNA sequencing for any genes, semi-quantitative PCR, methylation analysis, Multiplex Ligation-Dependent Probe Amplification (MLPA), mutation screening panels, SNPgenotyping for single or multiple gene disorders, and finally offering exome and targeted Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) for many disorders.

In addition,thelast 6 years development of high throughput, massively parallel sequencing NGS technology has revolutionized molecular diagnosis, enhanced diagnostic capabilities, and hasbrought about an unparalleled application to the identification of the molecular basis of hard-to-diagnose genetic disorders.Our team brings together a multidisciplinary set of backgrounds and skills frommolecular biologists, geneticists, and physicians and our developed diagnostic panels and standard analysis pipelineenable us to accurate diagnosis and interpretation ofcommon and rare genetic conditions.

By applying the latest technology in clinical genetics,this division has made every attempt to stay current with all the recent developments, in order to enhance the discoveryof genetic mutationsand shorten the time to diagnosis as much aspossible.

The Molecular diagnostic services in this division include prenatal diagnosis, Carrier detection and diagnosis (using blood and tissue samples) and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD).