News

Our participation in Kubat Days in 2025

On 21-22 March, the 30th jubilee year of Kubát Days took place , organized by the Orthopaedic and Prosthetic Society of the Czech Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Society for Connective Tissues of the Czech Society of Orthopaedic Surgery.

Transfer of infectious disease tests from 8 April to the Prosek Polyclinic

Dear Clients,

We would like to inform you that as of 8 April 2025, all collections for infectious disease (STD) testing (blood collection, throat swab, rectal swab, urethral swab - men and vaginal swab - women) are performed exclusively at the new GHC Genetics collection centre at Polyclinic Prosek, Lovosická 440, Prague 9.

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.