Gene sequencing stopped

In February of this year, after the two ministries and commissions called the gene sequencing check, most agencies were only able to suspend all operations and the most affected were non-invasive prenatal screening. However, one month later, despite the opening of the pilot application, no agency has been approved in the past three months. While many pregnant women refused to amniocentesis for fear of risk, many institutions also moved underground to “launch”. Reporter unannounced visits found that privately collected blood samples from patients after detection of the relevant agencies are not willing to provide a written report, only verbal informed results, experts say the final affected patients.

Screening transferred to the ground, the patient's rights and interests can not guarantee this year's 36-year-old Ms. Zhou finally easy to carry a second child, but the 16-week blood test, screened as Down syndrome high-risk groups, in the past doctors will recommend this type of pregnant women to do Non-invasive genetic testing before birth, but after the test was stopped on February 14th, Wuhan major medical institutions suspended business, pregnant women can only choose amniocentesis, because of puncture abortion risk, Ms. Zhou into a dilemma.

The reporter immediately began to visit and the big hospital made it clear that due to the expensive testing equipment, most of the past cooperation with third-party agencies, the country has been unable to receive samples after stopping.

The reporter found a company based on the introduction of the hospital staff. After repeatedly asking about the company, he could not keep the chat information. The full-time staff would call the staff. After the staff contacted the reporter, they could only send the name to the company and quietly test it. However, it is not possible to provide a written report. As for the sampling, only the staff can bring the kit to let the patient find the institution to draw blood. The price is 3,000 yuan.

Professor Li Jiafu, Director of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Hospital of Clinical Hospital of Zhongnan Hospital, said that if he does not give a written report, the patient will have difficulty grasping the specific results and will not be able to judge the experts. Problems will arise in the future and the possibility of rights protection will be almost zero.

Li Jiafu introduced that after the non-invasive prenatal gene screening was stopped, most of the pregnant women who needed to be further screened refused to have amniocentesis. Amniocentesis itself has technical requirements, may fail, and needs to be cultivated after amniotic fluid is pumped out. The results of culture will also be affected by time and quantity, resulting in less accuracy than non-invasive screening.

Experts said that the release of the application has been for nearly three months but no agency has been approved, it does cause great trouble for clinical testing, it is recommended to open up a green channel.