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Genomic solutions in reproductive and genetic health.
Empowering informed choices
Your committed partner across the care continuum.
Your committed partner across the care continuum.
Empowering informed reproductive choices. Improving inherited condition screening.
As a leader in innovative genomics technologies, Illumina is now your trusted partner for reliable
answers along the reproductive and genetic health care continuum. Breakthrough products
from both BlueGnome and Verinata are now fully integrated into our portfolio. These additions
expand our ability to serve the needs of clinical laboratories, healthcare professionals, and
patients. Our next-generation sequencing (NGS) and microarray technologies deliver reliable
information that can guide choices and transform lives.
Preimplantation Genetic Screening (PGS) and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD)
Improves in vitro fertilization (IVF) success rates by optimizing embryo selection.
PGD can screen embryos when there is a risk of severe genetic disorders being
inherited from parents.
Cytogenetics
Identifies chromosomal aberrations responsible for genetic conditions that
can cause developmental delay and/or congenital abnormalities.
Noninvasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT)
Early, safe, and reliable screening test delivers answers about the
chromosomal status of a developing fetus—minimizing procedure-related
risks from invasive tests.
Inherited Condition Screening
Helps detect carrier status, aids cystic fibrosis diagnosis, and
facilitates research into the potential causes of undiagnosed
inherited conditions.
Changing reproductive destinies by optimizing embryo selection.
PGS—the new standard of success in IVF.
While IVF has improved the treatment of infertility, its overall success rate remains low.1
Embryos with aneuploidy represent a major reason for IVF failure—causing problems with
implantation or resulting in miscarriage within the first trimester.2,3
PGS is an effective method to screen for euploid embryos prior to implantation to significantly
improve IVF success rates.4
The PGS advantage
• Increased implantation rates—regardless of maternal age5,6
• Lower risk of miscarriage5,7
• Increased rates of ongoing pregnancy and live births4,5,7
• Reduced chance of offspring with aneuploidy8
What’s more, PGS can shorten the time needed to achieve success—reducing the number and
cost of unproductive IVF cycles. PGS also empowers infertility experts to use single embryo
transfers as a way of reducing the incidence of multiple births, which can be both complicated
and costly, especially in women of advanced maternal age.4,5,7 With PGS, the overall result may
be greater patient satisfaction and higher referral rates to IVF centers that routinely offer this
option to their prospective parents.
Access a proven PGS portfolio
• 24sure® Microarrays—Screen all 24 chromosomes to optimize selection of euploid embryos during IVF—and help improve success rates
• VeriSeq™ PGS Solution—Access our widely adopted NGS technology for comprehensive, accurate chromosomal euploid embryo screening and selection
• BlueFuse® Multi analysis software—a multi-user database for storage, analysis, and reporting of results for PGS, PGD, and Cytogenetics
For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.
Changing reproductive destinies by optimizing embryo selection.
PGD—helping prevent serious gene disorders from being passed on.
PGD offers the powerful ability to screen for two important types of genetic defects. First, it
can identify single-gene genetic conditions, such as cystic fibrosis (CF), sickle-cell anemia, and
certain forms of muscular dystrophy, among others. This can help families avoid passing on
a serious inherited disease to their offspring. PGD is also capable of screening embryos for
chromosomal translocation disorders likely to cause miscarriage. This application may be
especially valuable to couples with a history of miscarriage, which may be related to an
inherited unbalanced translocation.
Our proprietary PGD screening solutions include:
• karyomapping—The most informative, genome-wide, single-cell test available, giving couples at risk of serious inherited diseases a new level of control over their reproductive destinies
• 24sure+™ Microarray—Screen for chromosomal translocations that can cause miscarriage—ensuring only embryos with no overall gain or loss of chromosome segments are transferred
Vy B.—actual PGS patient.
The reassurance of knowing— simply, safely, sooner.
NIPT—reliable answers about fetal chromosomal status, without the risks of invasive procedures.
NIPT represents a major advance in prenatal screening, providing accurate information about
fetal chromosomal status as early as 10 weeks gestation. It can detect the most common fetal
chromosomal aneuploidies, using a single maternal blood draw. In fact, NIPT is proven to be
more accurate than traditional screening methods—even in a general obstetrical population.9
NIPT delivers reliable answers early and
easily, providing parents with the peace
of mind they need to make informed
choices. NIPT also helps reduce the
need for invasive procedures, such as
amniocentesis or chorionic villus
sampling (CVS). This is particularly
meaningful for couples who’ve
undergone fertility treatment.
The reassurance of knowing— simply, safely, sooner.
The verifi® Prenatal Test was developed by, and its performance characteristics were determined by Verinata Health, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Illumina, Inc. Our laboratory is CAP-accredited and certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) as qualified to perform high complexity clinical laboratory testing. It has not been cleared or approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Powered by Illumina. Deeper research, more accurate answers.Using superior technology for informative testing results, our NIPT product offering includes:
• verifi® Prenatal Test—Utilizes massively parallel and whole-genome sequencing to go to greater lengths for accurate answers about the chromosomal status of a developing fetus
– Lowest test failure rate in NIPT10
– Reduced need for blood re-draws
– Clear answers—not “relative risk scores”
– Backed by clinical evidence for increased confidence in test results
– The fastest time to results—as soon as 2 business days from receipt of sample
– Simple, safe and noninvasive—without the risks of more invasive procedures
The verifi® Prenatal Test detects multiple fetal chromosomal aneuploidies including T21
(Down syndrome), T18 (Edwards syndrome), and T13 (Patau syndrome). Wider testing options
for the most common sex aneuploidies and additional chromosomal disorders are also available.
Timely insight into life-changing chromosomal abnormalities.
Cytogenetics—empowering deeper research into the causes of complex disorders.
Chromosomal abnormalities are a common cause of developmental delay and congenital
conditions. These include syndromes, such as Down syndrome, DiGeorge syndrome, and
Cri-Du-Chat syndrome, as well as other rarer microdeletion or microduplication disorders.
Prenatal and postnatal cytogenetic research can allow for further insight into chromosomal
aberrations. Our cytogenetic testing from Illumina provides the highest detection capabilities
for genetic abnormalities. This type of testing takes place prior to conception to detect carrier
status or after birth to identify the presence of genetic conditions early in a child’s life.
Advanced cytogenetic products—for a clearer view of genes.Industry-leading chromosomal microarrays:
• CytoChip™ Arrays—Provide a greater understanding of the relevance and impact of chromosomal aberrations on complex diseases
Innovative technology that uses both sequencing and array scanning:
• Infinium® CytoSNP-850K Beadchip—Offers comprehensive coverage of relevant dosage-sensitive genes for profiling chromosomal abnormalities—providing accurate cytogenetic data and capabilities that exceed standard cytogenetic analyses
– Provides thorough coverage where you need it
– Utilizes a wide variety of sample types, including blood, bone marrow, chorionic villi, and amniotic fluid
– Delivers high-detection sensitivity
– Available on the flexible NextSeq 550 System, capable of performing both NGS and array scanning, and the iScan Array Scanner
For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.
Timely insight into life-changing chromosomal abnormalities.
Identifying inherited conditions to make a difference for generations.
Detecting undiagnosed inherited conditions—individual answers that affect an entire family.
Some inherited diseases may be immediately obvious at birth, while others may not be. Yet
when such conditions run in a family, you want to be able to make a definitive diagnosis and
provide reliable answers and peace of mind for everyone involved.
Many recessive, pediatric-onset Mendelian disorders are due to pathogenic mutations found
in coding exons and intron-exon boundaries. NGS technology has been successful in finding
causal variants of many such inherited and rare conditions.
Identifying inherited conditions to make a difference for generations.
Recognizing carriers of inherited conditions.
The ability to determine an individual’s carrier status for an inherited condition can be
particularly empowering to a prospective parent concerned about passing on a genetic
disorder. Carrier screening, in conjunction with genetic counseling of carriers, is an effective
way to ensure genetic disease risk is detected early—preferably prior to conception.
NGS expands carrier screening for mutations with potential links to genetic disease.11
Expanded carrier-screening capabilities
• Comprehensive coverage
• Improved detection rates
• The right answers the first time
We currently offer several NGS options to aid in the diagnosis of CF, determine carrier status for
CF, and research other inherited conditions.
For in vitro diagnostic use
• MiSeqDx™ Cystic Fibrosis 139-Variant Assay—The first FDA-cleared NGS assay that can be used to determine CF carrier status
• MiSeqDx Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Sequencing Assay—The first FDA-cleared assay that can be used as an aid in diagnosing CF
• MiSeqDx Universal Kit 1.0—An FDA-cleared sequencing solution enabling clinical labs to develop their own NGS assays for use on the MiSeqDx instrument
For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.
• TruSight™ Sequencing Panels—Targeted NGS panels focused on specific genes or regions thought to be relevant to particular conditions, including recessive pediatric-onset diseases, autism, and inherited causes of cardiomyopathy
Together, our state-of-the-art assays provide highly accurate results that deliver a deeper
understanding of genetic profiles related to inherited conditions.
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