Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
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NIPT (non-invasive prenatal testing)
Test for chromosomal conditions such as trisomies in the fetus by assaying fetal cfDNA or cfRNA in the mother's blood. Because the test assays chromosomes it can also detect fetal sex.
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Israeli woman carrying unrelated fetus following IVF mix-up
Treatment has been suspended at a fertility clinic in Israel after it was discovered a woman pregnant following treatment there, is carrying a fetus neither she or her partner is genetically related to...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
FDA recommends additional confirmatory testing alongside NIPT
Prenatal genetic test results need to be communicated better, according to the US Food and Drug Administration...
Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family (from Greek and Roman mythology) entwined in coils of DNA.
Woman terminates pregnancy after embryo mix-up
A Massachusetts woman decided to terminate her pregnancy conceived via IVF last year after discovering the embryo transferred was not one genetically related to her...
The emergence and global spread of non-invasive prenatal testing
Non-invasive prenatal testing, a prenatal screening test analysing fetal DNA in a blood sample from the pregnant person, has become available in more than 60 countries since its introduction ten years ago...
Disparities in prenatal screening uptake revealed
Non-invasive prenatal testing uptake in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhoods of the Netherlands is significantly lower than in other parts of the country...
NIFTY non-invasive prenatal test scrutinised over links to Chinese military
Health regulators in five countries are investigating non-invasive prenatal test NIFTY, over data protection concerns....
NIPT may be less effective in twin pregnancies
Non-invasive prenatal testing to detect chromosomal abnormalities in twin pregnancies is not as accurate as in singleton pregnancies...
Regulating genomics – the next decade
The implementation plan for 2021-2022 provides an insight as to how the National Genomic Health Strategy will begin to 'transform genomic healthcare over the next ten years'...