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Transfer of infectious disease tests from 8 April to the Prosek Polyclinic
Dear Clients,
We would like to inform you that from 8.4.2025 all collections for infectious disease (STD) testing (blood collection, throat swab, rectal swab, urethral swab (men) and vaginal swab (women) will be performed exclusively in the new GHC Genetics collection centre at Polyclinic Prosek, Lovosická 440, 190 00 Praha 9.
From the above date, after ordering the test on our website, you will be redirected to the online calendar for booking the date and time of the collection.
New sequencer in GHC Genetics laboratory
As part of the continuous upgrade of our state-of-the-art instrumentation, our laboratory has expanded with a new NextSeq 2000 sequencer from Illumina. This is an advanced next-generation DNA sequencing platform designed for laboratories requiring high throughput and flexibility. This benchtop system enables a wide range of applications, from whole genome sequencing to transcriptome analysis and single cell sequencing.
Brno scientists investigate hereditary disorder that leads to heart attacks in thirty-somethings
Scientists from Masaryk University Faculty of Medicine are investigating a hereditary disorder that leads to heart attacks at a young age in a pan-European project. The university announced this in a press release. Familial hypercholesterolaemia, as the full name of the disorder goes, causes high blood cholesterol levels and subsequently increases the risk of heart attack many times over, often as early as the age of 30.
"A person can live for years without symptoms before unexpectedly suffering a heart attack. And the older one gets, the harder familial hypercholesterolaemia is to diagnose, as cholesterol levels naturally increase with age, so it can be harder to distinguish whether it is due to a genetic disorder or other factors such as an unhealthy lifestyle. Only genetic testing will provide an accurate diagnosis," said Tomáš Freiberger from the Centre for Cardiovascular and Transplant Surgery in Brno.
We have published other professional articles in the periodical Pohybové ústrojí
We have published 2 new articles in the latest issue of the professional periodical "Pohybové ústrojí", one of which we are the first/main authors, the other is co-authored by MUDr. Veronika Krulišová, PhD.
We published three case reports in Acta medicinae
In the latest issue of the journal Acta medicinae, a team of doctors and colleagues from the GHC Genetics laboratory published the following case reports: