NCJWC has been a leader in creating awareness of Jewish genetic diseases. The mandate is to educate people within the Jewish community. Some inherited diseases result when both parents silently carry the same recessive genetic trait. All couples with ANY Jewish ancestry, including interfaith couples, should be screened for all Jewish genetic diseases to determine their carrier status when planning a family. Approximately one in four people in the Ashkenazi Jewish population is a carrier of a Jew...
Jewish Genetic Diseases Awareness Testing
