Expanded carrier screening (ECS) is an innovative screening strategy that can screen for multiple serious genetic disorders in any person, regardless of their reported racial/ethnic background.
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Why Equitable Carrier Screening is Essential
The American population is becoming increasingly diverse, rendering self-reported ethnicity/race an unreliable measure of the risk of carrier status for many conditions. Expanded carrier screening identifies more affected pregnancies that are likely to be missed with just ethnicity-based screening, the current prenatal screening standard.
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Our Mission
AECS’ mission is to promote and enhance access to, and the availability of expanded carrier screening (ECS) by building relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders, including patient groups; facilitating information sharing about expanded carrier screening; and collaborating with payers to ensure coverage of ECS.
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