Patent ID: 8548747

Claim:
A method of simultaneously testing for a plurality of sets of chromosomal anomalies, each set corresponding to one or more anomalies that result in a different disease to identify the largest number of tested patients who carry one or more selected tested abnormal gene sites relative to all the tested patients for each site tested in a predefined segment of the world wide population, comprising the steps of: providing a list ordered from the most frequently occurring to the least frequently occurring chromosomal anomalies including at least two unrelated chromosomal anomalies that result in the different genetic diseases, wherein the different genetic diseases are being derived from the list beginning with the most frequently occurring chromosomal anomaly in the predefined segment of the world wide population; selecting a threshold of the chromosomal anomaly occurrence with respect to the predefined segment of the world wide population; selecting the at least two unrelated chromosomal anomalies for testing when the frequency of occurrence of the chromosomal anomaly in the predefined segment of the world wide population exceeds the threshold; providing a sample of DNA for testing; and, simultaneously testing the sample for the presence of the selected at least two unrelated chromosomal anomalies, wherein said sample of DNA for testing is taken from a point in a life cycle.