Chorionic villus sampling is a prenatal diagnostic test performed for prenatal genetic testing involving a biopsy of placental tissue between 10 to 13 weeks gestation. The tissue harvested is the ...

Shown is a universal method for rapid aneuploidy screening of reproductive specimens with the use of short-read transpore rapid karyotyping (STORK). Tissues and cells from chorionic villus sampling ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Testing for genetic defects early in pregnancy through chorionic villus sampling, or CVS, does not appear to raise the risk of fetal loss. CVS involves using a needle to ...