Yeditepe University Genetic Diseases Centre Istanbul

Yeditepe University Genetic Diseases Evaluation Center Istanbul is a highly specialized medical institution that offers a wide range of cytogenetic, molecular, and genetic examinations. The center is closely associated with the Department of Medical Genetics of the Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine and operates in an 800 m2 building on the campus in Koshuyolu. The Genetic Diseases Evaluation Center includes patient reception and physical examination rooms, genetic counseling and training rooms, molecular diagnostics, cytogenetics, and tissue culture laboratories. With laboratories equipped with the latest technology, the medical center aims to become a reference laboratory in Turkey. The clinic is proud of its technical laboratory infrastructure. Doctors have an automated FISH and imaging system that allows them to analyze many more cells in shorter periods than conventional procedures. This system accurately serves for cancer genetics and prenatal diagnosis. DNA and RNA analyses are carried out in molecular genetics laboratories. In addition to the long list of routine molecular tests, specialists develop and perform additional tests following the needs and requests of doctors from other departments. Newborn screening is the most common type of genetic testing. Many patients from abroad come to the medical center because there are countries that require newborns to be tested for specific gene abnormalities. In addition, pre-implantation testing is also viral. Embryos are checked for genetic abnormalities before the in vitro fertilization procedure. The center is equipped to identify gene changes that make people susceptible to various cancers, including breast and ovarian cancer, colon cancer, melanoma, medullary thyroid cancer, and rare cancers. Clinic laboratories strive to provide services according to world standards, having links with most of the most advanced centers worldwide.