carrier screening
English
Noun
carrier screening (uncountable)
- (genetics) clinical genetic testing of prospective parents aimed at detecting genetic mutations which could effect their children
- 2025, Jessica Hamzelou, Expanded carrier screening: Is it worth it?: Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. in "MIT Technology Review"
- Carrier screening, which tests would-be parents for hidden genetic mutations that might affect their children, initially involved testing for specific genes in at-risk populations.
- 2025, Jessica Hamzelou, Expanded carrier screening: Is it worth it?: Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. in "MIT Technology Review"