My mom lost her vision to the genetic lottery. Thanks to Orchid’s embryo screening, I know my kids won’t.
4% of humanity lives with a monogenic disease, most have no cure. At WIRED Health I shared how embryo screening can take genetic risks off the table before pregnancy starts.
Female founder building embryo screening to help reduce genetic disease risk. Really impactful tech
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My mom lost her vision to the genetic lottery. Thanks to Orchid’s embryo screening, I know my kids won’t.
4% of humanity lives with a monogenic disease, most have no cure. At WIRED Health I shared how embryo screening can take genetic risks off the table before pregnancy starts.
under 1% of the genome vs. 99% of the genome
No, Orchid does not edit embryos. We give reports to parents that help them detect serious genetic diseases that would be missed by the older screening methods
genetic screening on embryos and during pregnancy screens less than 1% of the DNA and detects a very small category of genetic disease, orchid screens 99% and detects many more diseases bsky.app/profile/noor...
And here’s the comedic level snark interview t.co/qNU1rGshwV
We support parents who have been through heartbreaking diagnoses themselves, been caregivers for loved ones, or have a child suffering from an incurable illness. Honored to help these heroic people get more information and maximize their chance to have a healthy baby.
What’s new here is that with Orchid we read 99% of the DNA and scan for 1200+ serious diseases that are missed by existing options - some lethal to infants or in early childhood
Genetic testing already happens worldwide on embryos and pregnant women. The problem is existing tests scan far less than 1% of the DNA and can only look at a tiny number of genetic diseases.
We want people going into the decision of which embryo to transfer informed vs. uninformed.
Funny interview with a sensational headline. To be clear Orchid does NOT select (or “enhance”) embryos! We give parents 100x the genetic data to mitigate risk for serious diseases other tests miss. Parents decide what’s right for their family with their doctor.