Inheritance prediction card designed for sickle cell anaemia &

A homeopath couple in Bhopal has designed and patended genetic inheritance prediction card (GIPC), which can predict whether the offspring of prospective spouses will be affected by sickle cell anaemia and Thalassemia.

According to the doctors, the GIPC can help the prospective spouses know before getting married whether any of them is carrying a gene and trait of sickle cell anaemia and Thalassemia and whether their future child would also be affected by these diseases.

As they can get to know this before marriage, the would-be spouses can decide not to tie the knot, which will ultimately control the spread of these two diseases, they said.

Researchers of Bhopal-based Government Homeopathic Medical College, Prof Dr Nisanth Nambison and his wife Dr Smita Nambison, have designed the GIPC and web apps in 11 Indian languages to eradicate these two genetically transmitted diseases.

National Health Mission MP Blood Cell Deputy Director, Dr Ruby Khan, said, "Nambison GIPC and web app is an excellent initiative that will nip the sickle cell anaemia and Thalassemia in the bud. The treatment of these diseases needs huge money, which the poor can't afford. A lot of work is needed in this direction."
Dr Nisanth Nambison said, "With this new invention, the prospective couples will just have to place one GIPC of their medical history over another to instantly know about whether their offspring will inherit this disease, which is 100 per cent preventable."