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New President’s Message – October 2024

Dear Colleagues and Friends,
as I write to you, much energy and enthusiasm are going into making the last preparations for the 2024 ESID Meeting that will open its doors in Marseille in just a few days. Like me, you probably can’t wait to get to the venue to meet with colleagues and friends and to enjoy the outstanding program that Anne Puel and her Scientific Committee have put together for us.

Minutes of the sixth combined virtual meeting of the ESID genetics working party and the ERN molecular testing working group

Date: September 12th, 2024 at 4:30pm to 5:38pm
Participants: Trine Mogensen, Anne Puel, Caterina Cancrini, Gigliola di Matteo, Roger Colobran, Guilaine Boursier, Bart Uitterhaegen, Elisa Benetti, Krista Ress, Silvia Giliani, Capucine Piccard, Mirjam van der Burg, Jose Aroste, Luicia Pacillo, Adela Chirita-Emandi, Andres Caballero, Alessandro Aiuti, Matthaios Speletas, Sophie Hambleton, Giada Recchi, Bodo Grimbacher

Genetic Testing for IEI in Italy

In Italy, genetic testing for inborn errors of immunity (IEI) is currently performed either at one of the Academic University Hospitals or IRCSS (Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a carattere Scientifico) with a Medical Genetics Department, or at accredited private genetics laboratories. The Department of human genetics of Academic institutions specialized in the diagnosis and therapy of IEI, are considered referral centers for the interpretation of IEI genomic data. In Italy, genetic counselling should precede and follow a genetic testing (pre-test and post-test) as recommended by the Ministry of Health. The diagnostic report must be signed by a geneticist with Medical Genetics specialty.