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Adventia Carrier Screening checks for selected gene changes that you could carry without having symptoms and pass on to a child. You can choose a focused test for one condition, a 19-condition panel or a broader 229-condition panel, with individual and couple options available.
This choice allows you to investigate a specific inherited condition or explore a wider range of carrier risks before or during family planning. Through My DNA Lab, you can access this reproductive genetic information privately and use the report to support an informed conversation with your GP, fertility specialist or clinical genetics professional.
Your kit includes a Buccal Cheek Swab for you and, where relevant, your partner, together with clear instructions. Each sample can be collected from the comfort of home. Once every required sample is ready, contact us and we will arrange collection from your home.
Some inherited conditions can be passed on even when you do not have symptoms. In this situation, you may be described as a carrier because you have a gene change that could be passed to a child. Adventia checks selected changes linked to recessive and X-linked conditions. For a recessive condition, a child may have a higher chance of being affected when both biological parents carry relevant changes linked to the same condition.
A carrier result usually does not mean that you or your partner has the condition. Equally, a result that finds no relevant change lowers the chance of being a carrier but cannot remove it completely, because no panel can detect every possible gene change or cover every inherited condition.
The exact scope depends on the option you choose. You can review the genes and conditions in the Adventia focused, guideline-based and comprehensive panel documents under ‘Test provider and further information’ further down this page.
Adventia may suit you before pregnancy, during fertility treatment or in early pregnancy. A focused option may be useful when a particular condition or family result is relevant, while a couple option compares both biological parents at the same time and can make overlapping carrier findings easier to identify.
If a genetic change has already been identified in your family, however, a broad Adventia panel may not check that exact change. A focused family test designed to look for the known change may therefore be more appropriate.
Carrier screening during pregnancy can lead to time-sensitive questions and further testing. For that reason, we always recommend that you discuss your results with your healthcare professional before making a major reproductive decision.
The focused cystic fibrosis option checks only selected gene changes, so it does not cover every relevant genetic cause. If cystic fibrosis is present in your family, your partner is affected or a family change is already known, a focused family test or wider carrier panel may provide more useful information.
Your report may identify a carrier gene change within the selected panel or may find no relevant change. With a couple test, the laboratory can also compare both results to show whether you carry changes linked to the same recessive condition.
If the couple test finds an overlapping result, or the report identifies an X-linked carrier result, we always recommend that you discuss your results with your healthcare professional. They can explain what the finding may mean for a pregnancy and whether more focused testing may be helpful for a pregnancy, future child or biological relative.
The Adventia test provider does not offer genetic counselling. You can instead discuss the complete report with your GP, fertility specialist or an independent clinical genetics professional. Do not make a major reproductive decision from the report without appropriate professional advice.
An individual option explains your own carrier result within the selected scope. By comparison, a couple option tests both biological parents together, making it easier to see whether you carry changes linked to the same recessive condition.
If your partner already has a confirmed carrier result, a focused test covering the relevant condition may be more appropriate than a wider Adventia panel. This keeps the testing question closely aligned with the information you already have.
Testing before pregnancy usually allows more time to understand a result and consider reproductive options. Screening during pregnancy can still provide useful information, although a finding may lead to time-sensitive choices. In either case, the convenience of an at-home Buccal Cheek Swab does not remove the need for careful interpretation.
