Down's syndrome blood test more accurate than existing screening
Research shows that a new prenatal blood test for Down's syndrome outperforms current methods of screening...
Kirsty Oswald was a Volunteer Writer at BioNews. She was previously Genetics Editor at BioNews and at the charity that publishes it, the Progress Educational Trust (PET). She originally studied Human Sciences at University College London, and went on to work as a healthcare copywriter and as a medical journalist at medwireNews. She has a particular interested in the social and cultural aspects of science, and she tweets as @kirstyoswald
Research shows that a new prenatal blood test for Down's syndrome outperforms current methods of screening...
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