Jewish Ancestry & Genetics: Carrier Screening, Community and Choice

Host Matt Burgess interviews Gidon Schwartz from Jnetics, a UK charity offering pre-conception carrier screening and partnering with the NHS to increase access to BRCA and carrier testing for people with Jewish ancestry. They discuss why ancestry matters for certain recessive conditions, how testing and outreach have evolved, ethical and identity challenges around asking about ethnicity, and where to find resources and genetic counseling.

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Jewish Ancestry & Genetics: Carrier Screening, Community and Choice is an episode from Demystifying Genetics by Matt Burgess.

This episode is 39:44 long.

This episode was published on Sep 8, 2025.

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