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United Kingdom

Doctors Laboratory, Genetics Lab
TDL Genetics
60 Whitfield Street
London, W1T 4EU United Kingdom
Director:  Dr. Lisa LeVett
Contact:  Dr. Stuart Liddle, Head ofMolecular Genetics
Phone:  +44(0)207 3077409, FAX +44(0)207 3077350
E-mail:  CDSL@TDLPathology.com
E-mail:  lisa.levett@dtlpathology.com
E-mail:  stuart.liddle@tdlpathology.com
Tests: Carrier
Notes: Carrier screens available for 8 other Jewish Genetic Diseases: Tay Sachs, Familial Dysautonomia, Fanconi's Anaemia, Neimann Pick Disease, Glycogen Storage Disease, Blooms Syndrome, Mucolipidosis IV and Gauchers. Blood testing is preferred over saliva testing.

Genesis Genetics Europe
Six Laurence Drive
Nottingham, NG8 6PZ United Kingdom
Director:  Dr. Marcus Hughes
Contact:  Colleen Lynch, Embryologist & Molecular Geneticist
Phone:  +44-115-822-6169 FAX #+44(0)115 852 8196
E-mail:  colleen.lynch@genesisgenetics.org
Tests: Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
Website: http://www.genesisgenetics.org
Notes: Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis for Canavan Disease and 10 other Jewish Genetic Disorders. Mutation(s) should be identified. Almost exclusively collect DNA via buccal cheek swab kits rather than blood samples.

Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Northwest Thames Regional Clinical Genetics Services
Kennedy-Galton Centre
Northwick Park and St. Mark Hospitals
Watford Road
Harrow, HA1 3UJ United Kingdom
Director:  Stewart Payne
Phone:  +44-20-8869-3188
E-mail:  stewart.payne@nwlh.nhs.uk
Tests: Carrier , Prenatal , Diagnostic
Notes: Testing is available at this laboratory for Cystic Fibrosis -- Carrier, Prenatal and Diagnostic.

450 West End Avenue #6A, New York, New York 10024
212.873.4640 || (toll free) 877-4-CANAVAN || (fax) 212.873.7892
info@canavanfoundation.org