What is EuroGentest?

EuroGentest is a project funded by the European Commission to harmonize the process of genetic testing, from sampling to counseling, across Europe. The ultimate goal is to ensure that all aspects of genetic testing are of high quality thereby providing accurate and reliable results for the benefit of the patients. More...

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Genetic Laboratories

Health Professionals

Patients, Public & Policy

Events by EuroGentest and Others

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04 Sep 2014 - 3rd Nordic conference rare diseases

08 Sep 2014 - 3Gb-TEST NGS Course

09 Sep 2014 - 3Gb - TEST Regional Meeting

11 Sep 2014 - Golden Helix Summer Schools

Workshops Prepare for accreditation or improve your current quality management system by participating in our interactive workshops.	Clinical Utility Gene Cards Clear and concise documents with good practice information for disease specific genetic tests.
Patient Leaflets Download leaflets with information on genetic testing for patients and their family in your own language.	Newsletters Monthly highlights of news and events on quality and genetic testing.

News by EuroGentest and Others

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Take part in the first ever Rare Chromosome Disorder Awareness Week 2nd - 8th June 2014
16 Apr 2014

On behalf of Unique, CDO and the Bond family who suggested the initiative, we’d like to invite you to participate in the first ever ‘Rare Chromosome Disorder Awareness Week’ planned for June 2nd to 8th this year. During this week, we would love people with rare chromosome disorders, families,... More...

European Commission adopts the two Decisions on the establishment of European Reference Networks (ERNs)
07 Apr 2014

The Delegated Decision provides the criteria that European Reference Networks must fulfill and criteria that healthcare providers wishing to join such networks must fulfill. The Implementing Decision lays down the procedure on how to establish and evaluate the ERNs. More...

German policy documents on the regulation of genetic testing
30 May 2013

In April 2013, two policy documents on the regulation of genetic services have been issues in Germany, one by the German Ethics Council and one by the Genetic Diagnostics Commission. The first one expresses recommendations on genetic diagnosis in general, firstly for improvement of the provision of... More...

ACMG guidelines for genetic counselling
30 May 2013

Click here to read a comment written by Heather Skirton on the ACMG (American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics) guidelines. More...