Schell Genetics

13/08/2025

Our New Website is Live!

We are delighted to share that our completely redesigned website is now online.
At SchellGenetics - geneticsonline.co.uk, you can explore our medical genetics services, learn about the conditions we help with, and find out how to book a private video consultation with Dr Chayim Schell Apacik, a UK-licensed Consultant Clinical Geneticist.

Whether you have questions about hereditary conditions, rare diseases, cancer genetics, or prenatal screening, you will find clear, reliable information — and a simple way to get expert help.

Visit us today and see how we can support you and your family:
🔗 www.geneticsonline.co.uk

https://www.geneticsonline.co.uk/

Expert private online genetic consultations by Dr. Schell-Apacik in neurogenetics, paediatric, cancer, and reproductive genetics. Confidential, personalized, UK-licensed service.

19/03/2024

Dr. Chayim Schell-Apacik is a specialist in clinical genetics with over three decades of experience in supporting patients. We offer individualised evaluations, genetic consultation, and testing, with the goal of providing you with genetic information that presents choices and minimises uncertainty, empowering you to make decisions that are most beneficial for you. Please contact us, to find out more.

Learn about neurofibromatosis (NF1), its symptoms, and complications. Schell Genetics offers expert consultations, diagnosis, and genetic testing to support individuals and families affected by this genetic nerve tumour disorder.

28/02/2024

We support Rare Disease Day.

Learn more about rare diseases here: https://schellgenetics.uk/rare-diseases/

02/02/2024

Down syndrome is a chromosome disorder associated with intellectual disability, a characteristic facial appearance with a small nose and an upward slant to the eyes, and low muscle tone in infancy. The degree of intellectual disability varies from mild to moderate.

Learn more about the syndrome and how we can help you on our website:

Discover how genetic testing can confirm Down syndrome and guide care. Schell Genetics offers expert consultations to help families understand trisomy 21, its risks, and management options.

18/07/2023

Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome (RSTS) is a rare genetic disorder. It is estimated that it affects about 1 case per 100,000 newborns. Weight and length are normal at birth, but growth is slow in infancy and childhood with the mean final height significantly less than average.

Learn more about the syndrome and how we can help you on our website:

Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome (RSTS) is a rare genetic disorder. It is estimated that it affects about 1 case per 100,000 newborns. Weight and length are normal at birth, but growth is slow in infancy and childhood with the mean final height significantly less than average.

27/06/2023

Cornelia-de-Lange syndrome (CdLS) is a rare genetic disorder that is generally apparent at birth. The exact incidence is unknown but CdLS possibly affects 1 in 10,000 to 30,000 newborns.

Dr Chayim Schell-Apacik is a specialist in clinical genetics, with over three decades of experience in supporting patients. Schell Genetics offers individualised evaluations, genetic consultation, and testing, with the goal to provide you with genetic information that present choices and minimises uncertainty, empowering you to make decisions that are most beneficial for you. Please contact us, to find out more.

Cornelia-de-Lange syndrome (CdLS) is a rare genetic disorder that is generally apparent at birth (congenital). Associated symptoms and findings typically include delays in physical development before and after birth (prenatal and postnatal growth retardation); characteristic abnormalities of the hea...

04/05/2023

Is Infertility Genetic?

Approximately 10 to 15 percent of couples experience infertility, with more than half of these cases being due to an underlying genetic issue. In these instances, the genetic cause could have been inherited. However, infertility is a complex condition, and most cases are not due to a known inherited cause. Both female and male factors account for approximately 1/3 of all cases of infertility each. The remaining 1/3 of cases of infertility are due to either unknown causes or a combination of both male and female factors.

Preconception or prenatal genetic consultation with Dr Schell-Apacik can help you understand the potential causes of your infertility, and can help guide you through your reproductive journey. Dr Schell-Apacik will interpret your personal reproductive and family history, and make recommendations.

Can we help you? Make an enquiry today:

rivate reproductive genetic consultations with Dr Chayim Schell-Apacik. Expert advice on fertility issues, pregnancy risks, recurrent miscarriage, and inherited conditions. Supporting couples with carrier screening, PGT, IVF and preimplantation genetic testing.

15/04/2023

https://www.geneticsonline.co.uk/faq

A Genetic Consultation provides information for decisions on genetic testing

Our online genetic consultation services aim to assist patients in making informed choices concerning the disease in question, their health, or their child’s health, respectively. To what extent genetic consultations and diagnostics may be helpful depends on the particular disorder and the patients’ personal specific questions. .

Both will define the topics in the consultation and the kind of genetic testing proposed. In the event of information being obtained during the consultation pointing to additional genetic issues the patients haven’t been aware of yet, we will discuss their options. It remains the patients’ personal decision if and to which extend to proceed with a possible genetic diagnostic strategy.
We offer online genetic consultation services mainly for issues related to:

Paediatric Genetics (childhood genetic disorders and syndromes)
Oncogenetics (cancer genetics)
Reproductive Genetics
Neurogenetics
Other Genetic Issues

Of course, we are happy to assist patients with all questions they might have on any other genetic issues.

The online genetic consultation services include an initial video session with a consultant clinical geneticist as well as follow-up sessions on a case to case basis if needed, followed by a comprehensive Medical Genetics Report containing the most important topics of the consultation and the relevant findings, including all lab results.

11/04/2023

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurological condition that affects a person’s behaviour, ability to communicate and social interaction skills. People with autism spectrum disorder understand and interact with the world differently than their peers.

Autism is primarily a genetic condition: Most of the risk for autism comes from genes. Mutations in more than 100 genes are known to lead to the condition. There are four types of tests that can detect these mutations, as well as structural variations that may lead to autism. As researchers learn more about the genetics of autism, the tests have become more informative: More of the mutations they find have ties to autism and to known health consequences.

A genetic test cannot diagnose or detect autism. That’s because myriad genes along with environmental factors may underlie the condition. Roughly 100 genes have clear ties to autism, but no single gene leads to autism every time it is mutated.

Genetic tests are not intended to diagnose autism — no known mutation leads to the condition every time — but, their results can substantially alter the course of treatments or prevention. Some mutations reveal that the carrier is prone to medical conditions such as seizures, obesity or kidney problems, for example. The information can also connect people who share a mutation; some of these individuals and their families have even fostered research by discovering shared traits. And knowing the specific risks associated with a mutation helps families make decisions about having more children.

Speak to Dr Schell-Apacik to get your questions answered.
https://schellgenetics.uk/genetic-consultation-neurogenetics/

07/04/2023

In most people, cancer occurs by chance. However, a small number of people who develop breast cancer have inherited a harmful variant (change) in a breast cancer susceptibility gene. Individuals with a harmful variant have an increased risk of developing breast cancer. It’s important to know and understand your risk for the BRCA gene mutation. If you have any of the risk factors, speak with us about genetic testing.

https://schellgenetics.uk/brca/