Non-invasive prenatal screening techniques can detect chromosomal abnormalities including Down syndrome (Trisomy 21), Edwards syndrome (Trisomy 18), and Patau syndrome (Trisomy 13). These ...

Two of the world's largest professional societies of human geneticists have issued a joint position statement on the promise and challenges of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), a new procedure to ...

Pregnant women can have prenatal testing performed during their pregnancies to determine whether or not their baby could have certain disorders. Two types of tests are chorionic villus sampling (CVS) ...

A team of investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have developed a non-invasive genetic test that can ...

A team of investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have developed a non-invasive genetic test that can ...

MANCHESTER, England & BOGOTÁ, Colombia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Yourgene Health (part of the Novacyt group of companies), a leading international molecular diagnostics ...

Pregnancy is one of the most beautiful phases in life, but it also comes with its share of worries. As an expecting parent, you may often find yourself wondering if your baby is healthy and developing ...

Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is a blood test done on a pregnant woman to screen for any genetic issues with her growing fetus. Patricia Geraghty, NP and Sharecare advisory board member, ...