Twenty-one weeks into her pregnancy, Barbara Farlow discovered that her daughter Annie would be born with the genetic disorder trisomy 13, a chromosomal abnormality — and a label — that would ...
Sequenom announced that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, or ACOG, Committee on Genetics and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Publications Committee issued a joint ...
NEW YORK - The days of pregnant women having a 3-inch-long (8-centimetre-long) hollow needle jabbed into their abdomens may be numbered. For the second time in a month, scientists have announced that ...
Learning about the genetic health of an unborn child could soon be as simple as giving blood. A new prenatal test is slated to hit the market this summer that requires nothing more than a sample of a ...
AUSTIN, Texas, August 07, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Natera, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRA), a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing and precision medicine, today announced the launch of Fetal Focus, a ...
In the report, a team led by Dr. Arthur Beaudet and Dr. Sau Wai Cheung at BCM, described use of array comparative genomic hybridization to analyze samples taken during amniocentesis or chorionic ...
A DNA-based blood test appears to be more effective in detecting possible Down syndrome in fetuses than standard screening methods for the genetic disorder, researchers say. The test exhibited perfect ...
The global cell-free fetal DNA testing market is experiencing robust growth, with revenue projected to climb from USD 1,566.0 million in 2024 to USD 3,051.5 million by 2035, advancing at a CAGR of 6.1 ...
Myriad Genetics (MYGN) continues to empower parents with increased access to prenatal testing. SneakPeek is now available over the counter in more than 8,800 retail locations nationwide. The product ...
So far that’s still science fiction. But scientists have been taking some baby steps in that direction. And some ethics experts say it’s time to start talking now about what that could mean for ...
These MRI images with arrows indicating cancer were made during a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and published Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in the New England Journal of ...