How At-Home Genetic Screening Works

How it works

Simple at-home screening. Clear results. Expert guidance.

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Order online and register through our secure Health Hub

Swab

Collect sample and send it to be sequenced in our accredited lab

Get Results

Receive reports on conditions and medication sensitivities, provided by licensed genetic counselors

Happy mother and infant who just got their Fore Genomics DNA screening results.

The future of healthcare starts here.

Knowing what’s right for your family can be challenging–and it’s easy to feel overwhelmed when you’re flooded with information. Fore gives you a science-backed starting point–no appointments, no doctor visits, and no tears required.

Our at-home genetic health screen helps you understand your child’s unique blueprint by analyzing their DNA for insights related to manageable health risks and how they may respond to certain medications. Fore gives you access to information about your child's health so you can stay one step ahead.

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What’s included in the kit

Actionable Genetic Insights from Certified Clinical Labs

Your child’s DNA is sequenced using rigorous, gold-standard technology in CLIA- and CAP-certified clinical laboratories—ensuring results you can trust.

Easy Access to Personalized Clinical Reports

Get physician-validated reports through a secure digital portal—clear, digestible, and ready to share with your pediatrician.

Provider-Ready Clinical Care Plans

Receive customized clinical management plans that help your healthcare providers make proactive, evidence-based decisions for your child’s health.

Pharmacogenomics Report

Insights into how your child may respond to medications.

Secure, Private DNA Data Storage

Your genomic data is encrypted and stored under strict privacy standards—giving you full control and peace of mind.

Support Along with the Way

Fore provides you with access to board-certified genetic counselors who will help you interpret your child’s results, answer questions you may have, and help you create a plan of action with clear next steps when needed.

If necessary, our genetic counselors can refer your child to other healthcare professionals or specialists for further advice or treatment.

What is genetic screening?

Genetic screening looks at DNA for changes that may increase the risk for certain health conditions. In children, the value is often in identifying conditions where early detection can lead to earlier treatment, prevention, or monitoring.

While the average time to receive a rare disease diagnosis is 5+ years*, Fore helps you identify risks before symptoms appear.

*National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) reports an average of 5+ years for a rare disease diagnosis. Learn more.

What you can uncover with Fore

Treatable health risks before symptoms appear

Screening can identify genetic risks tied to conditions where earlier awareness can change the path—through monitoring, prevention, or earlier treatment.

Medication safety insights

Learn which medications may be more likely to cause side effects or be less effective—so your child’s doctor can make more informed choices.

Insights that evolve over time

With annual reanalysis, your child’s DNA insights can be updated as new gene–condition links and clinical evidence emerge.

Personalized health guidance

Information to support decisions about follow-up care, monitoring, nutrition, and preventive care planning.

What We Screen For

What is Pharmacogenomics (PGx)?

Pharmacogenomics looks at your child’s DNA to determine how they might respond to certain medications. This information can help doctors choose the medicine and dose that’s most likely to work best for your child and avoid ones that might cause side effects. This approach helps avoid trial and error and makes treatment more personal.

Pharmacogenomic testing can be especially helpful for medicines that many children and adults take, such as:

Pain medicines (like codeine, oxycodone, or even ibuprofen)
Mental health medicines (such as antidepressants or ADHD medications)
Heart medicines (like warfarin or certain beta blockers)

It can also make a big difference for less common treatments, such as certain cancer medicines, where not knowing a child’s genetic makeup could lead to serious or even life-threatening side effects.

At Fore, we include PGx testing as a “good-to-have” tool. Most of the time, you may not need it. But if your child ever does, having this information ready could mean safer, more effective treatment—and in some cases, it could even save their life.

DNA chain made from pills. See how your baby reacts to over 100+ medications.

Genetic differences can influence

Side effects

Some children may have stronger or harmful reactions to a medicine if their body processes it too slowly.

Effectiveness

If a child’s body breaks down a drug too quickly, the medicine may not work as intended.

Response

Medicines often need to attach to certain proteins in the body to work. Small genetic changes can affect how well the medicine attaches and how effective it is.

What is Pharmacogenomics (PGx)?

Pharmacogenomics looks at your child’s DNA to determine how they might respond to certain medications. This information can help doctors choose the medicine and dose that’s most likely to work best for your child and avoid ones that might cause side effects. This approach helps avoid trial and error and makes treatment more personal.

Pharmacogenomic testing can be especially helpful for medicines that many children and adults take, such as:

Pain medicines (like codeine, oxycodone, or even ibuprofen)
Mental health medicines (such as antidepressants or ADHD medications)
Heart medicines (like warfarin or certain beta blockers)

It can also make a big difference for less common treatments, such as certain cancer medicines, where not knowing a child’s genetic makeup could lead to serious or even life-threatening side effects.

At Fore, we include PGx testing as a “good-to-have” tool. Most of the time, you may not need it. But if your child ever does, having this information ready could mean safer, more effective treatment—and in some cases, it could even save their life.

Genetic differences can influence

Side effects

Some children may have stronger or harmful reactions to a medicine if their body processes it too slowly.

Effectiveness

If a child’s body breaks down a drug too quickly, the medicine may not work as intended.

Response

Medicines often need to attach to certain proteins in the body to work. Small genetic changes can affect how well the medicine attaches and how effective it is.

Start your child's Fore Genomics DNA journey today.

A Solution for Adverse Drug Reactions

Nearly 10% of pediatric hospital admissions are due to adverse drug reactions.- PLOS

When should you screen your child?

The optimal window for screening is shortly after birth, but testing later in childhood can still provide meaningful benefits.

Who can benefit most from screening with Fore?

Healthy newborns and young children.

Most genetic conditions don’t show symptoms right away. By the time signs appear, critical windows for early intervention may already be closing. Fore screens for hundreds of actionable, childhood-onset conditions—giving families the opportunity to act before problems arise, not after.

Who can benefit most from screening with Fore?

Healthy newborns and young children.

Most genetic conditions don’t show symptoms right away. By the time signs appear, critical windows for early intervention may already be closing. Fore screens for hundreds of actionable, childhood-onset conditions—giving families the opportunity to act before problems arise, not after.

What is the difference?

With Fore Genomics

Fore screens for 1,000+ conditions and provides access to health risk insights so you can take action for your child’s health ahead of symptoms.

Traditional Newborn Screening

Traditional newborn screening tests for only a small fraction of known genetic diseases, between 30-80 conditions depending on your state. Yet many additional conditions are treatable or manageable when identified early.

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What happens if my child has a positive result?

Positive Results Lead to Actionable Steps

A positive result means the lab found a specific genetic change that's linked to a health condition. This kind of result can help guide medical decisions and next steps for your child’s care, such as:

Validating a diagnosis

Showing carrier status for a genetic variation

Highlighting an elevated risk for certain conditions

Recommending more comprehensive tests