CONFERENCE ON ACHIEVEMENTS OF MEDICAL GENETICS HELD IN YEREVAN

Noyan Tapan
Apr 05 2007

YEREVAN, APRIL 5, NOYAN TAPAN. On the initiative of Yerevan’s Center of
Medical Genetics and Primary Health Care, the conference "Achievements
of Medical Genetics and Diagnostics of Molecular Diseases" started
on April 4. It is held by leading experts of the Scientific Center
of Medical Genetics of the Russian National Academy of Sciences.

Director of the center Tamara Sargsian said that medical genetics
is one of the most advanced branches of medical science. According
to her, various hereditary diseases are diagnosed thanks to
modern molecular-biological technologies used at the Center of
Medical Genetics and Primary Health Care, which was founded in
1999. Particularly, the center conducts research on genetic causes of
periodic peritonitis, cystic fibrosis, some forms of mental deficiency,
and male sterility. Besides, screeing programs are implemented to
calculate frequency of genetic diseases, as well as early prenatal
diagnosis is made.

About 25 thousand people undergo examination at the center annually.