Calcutta News.Net
Saturday 28th January, 2012 (IANS)

Around half a million newborns in India suffer from
congenital genetic disorders every year - the highest in
the world - but advances like molecular pathology have
helped detecting these disorders at early stages, an
expert said Saturday.

"The number of children born with genetic disorders in
India is highest in the world," I.C. Verma, director, Sir
Ganga Ram hospital, said at International Symposium on
Molecular Pathology here.

However, because of advancements like molecular
pathology, the cases of genetic disorders are being
detected at an early stage, he said.

"There has been an increase in prenatal diagnosis in such
cases and its success is above 30 percent," Verma
claimed.

Molecular pathology is a discipline within pathology
which focuses on the study and diagnosis of disease
through the examination of molecules within organs,
tissues or bodily fluids.