Genetic testing

The genetic testing for one of Irene’s two children was completed yesterday, revealing that the 19-day-old infant did not have any genetic issues. Regarding the second child, who passed away at the age of two months, reports indicate that the genetic test requires further investigation.

He does not want to take a DNA test

A team of experts have conducted a study revealing the genetic structure and change processes of obesity and type-II diabetes by examining the DNA obtained from the bones of 40 people who lived in Anatolia from 10,000 years ago to the present.

On 4th of February, the World Cancer Day, oncologists from the Northern Bulgarian city of Rousse commented on the benefits of genetic testing and personalised therapy, reports BNT. 

The demand for paternity tests has increased by approximately three-fold in the last six years in Turkey, according to statements from private DNA testing clinics in the country.

Researchers have pinpointed 83 genetic variants that could affect the height of a person. The group, led by the distinguished Greek genetics professor Panos Deloukas of the Queen Mary University and William Harvey Research Institute, published their findings in ‘Nature” magazine.

Three young girls found wandering the streets of the western port city of Patra last week find themselves in legal limbo, as there are no records of their birth or family connections.

Police in Sparta, in the Peloponnese, have arrested two Roma couples after DNA tests confirmed they were not the biological parents of their two children, a boy and a girl, both aged 4.

Early reports said the two children were not of Roma origin.

They also said the Athens-based charity Smile of the Child had assumed the care of the two children.