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The Oreana newborn genetic screening test checks 142 genes linked to 106 selected conditions that can affect newborns, babies and young children. The panel includes selected metabolic, hormone, blood, hearing, immune, lung, muscle and bone conditions.
Oreana gives parents access to wider selected genetic information from as early as 24 hours after birth. Through My DNA Lab, you can use the report to support an informed conversation with your child’s GP, paediatrician or clinical genetics specialist. Importantly, Oreana adds to NHS newborn screening and routine care rather than replacing them.
Your kit includes a specialised Buccal Cheek Swab and clear instructions. A parent or guardian can collect the baby’s sample gently from the comfort of home. Once the sample is ready, contact us and we will arrange collection from your home.
Oreana covers 106 selected conditions that can begin in childhood. These include selected metabolic and hormone conditions, blood conditions, inherited hearing loss, immune conditions, cystic fibrosis, spinal muscular atrophy and other lung, muscle or bone conditions.
You can review all 106 conditions in the Oreana conditions list under ‘Test provider and further information’ further down this page.
Although the panel is broad, it checks only the listed genes and types of change. It therefore cannot assess every condition that can affect a baby or child, and it does not replace a medical examination, blood or urine tests, hearing checks or other screening.
Oreana may suit you from 24 hours after birth through early childhood if your child has no symptoms and you want wider selected genetic information. It may also provide supporting information when your child has relevant symptoms or family history, although a broad screen is not always the quickest route to an answer.
If your child has symptoms, seek advice from their GP or paediatrician. A focused medical test may be faster and more useful when the symptoms point towards a particular condition.
Breathing or feeding difficulty, repeated vomiting, unusual sleepiness, a seizure or signs that a baby or child is becoming more unwell require urgent medical help. Do not wait for Oreana or its result.
Your child’s report may identify a gene change linked to one of the selected conditions, find no relevant change or identify a change that needs further investigation.
A finding does not confirm a diagnosis by itself. Instead, it may help your child’s GP, paediatrician or clinical genetics specialist decide whether blood, urine, hearing, imaging or more focused genetic tests are needed.
Similarly, a negative result does not rule out every inherited or medical condition. The cause may involve a gene or type of change outside the panel, or it may not be genetic.
We always recommend that you discuss your child’s results with their healthcare professional. Do not change feeding, medicines, supplements or care from the report alone, and share the complete report promptly with your child’s GP or paediatrician.
The NHS newborn blood spot test uses a heel-prick sample and currently screens for 10 rare but serious conditions in England. Oreana uses a Buccal Cheek Swab and checks a different selected DNA panel. Because the methods and scopes are different, the two services should be treated as complementary rather than interchangeable.
Discuss NHS screening with your maternity and newborn care team separately from any private order. Oreana does not replace the newborn hearing screen, physical examination or other follow-up.
A finding may also reveal carrier information or something relevant to parents and siblings. However, your child’s result cannot confirm whether another family member has the same gene change; each relative may need their own advice and testing.
Follow the kit instructions closely, including any guidance about feeding or timing before the Buccal Cheek Swab. Careful preparation helps reduce the chance of an unsuitable sample and avoidable delay.
