First, prenatal (cyto)genetic diagnosis will be achieved much earlier in pregnancy. From a medical perspective this is a positive development as termination-related risks for the mother are ...

Prenatal diagnosis of fetal aneuploidies is routinely done by traditional cytogenetic culture, a major drawback of this technique is the long period required to reach a diagnosis. In this study we ...

Microarray analysis identifies more chromosome abnormalities than traditional karyotyping in prenatal testing. Microarrays will also identify findings of unclear clinical significance that should ...

Israeli startup Identifai develops first maternal blood test to identify risk of 250 genetic diseases as early as 9th week of ...

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