The NYTimes published an article and a podcast on prenatal screening. Unfortunately, they botched many of the facts about NIPS and how it should be used.

The mechanisms underlying false positive results of cfDNA-based noninvasive prenatal screening remain incompletely elucidated. 7 Explanatory hypotheses include maternal mosaicism, 8,9 undetected ...

This paper contains a joint ESHG/ASHG position document with recommendations regarding responsible innovation in prenatal screening with non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT). By virtue of its ...

Noninvasive prenatal screening, using cell-free fetal DNA circulating in maternal blood, offers an early method of detecting certain fetal chromosomal abnormalities. As a new technology, many ...

Noninvasive prenatal testing, or NIPT, is a way of screening your unborn baby for certain genetic conditions. Learn more about what to expect from NIPT.

The result confirms that noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) outperforms second-trimester serum screening (STSS) in accuracy and cost-effectiveness, as NIPT identifies twice as many DS cases as STSS.

The reported delays came after California health officials changed regulations governing the state’s prenatal testing program. On Sept. 19, without holding the public hearing that is usually ...

Prenatal Screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Medically Reviewed by Christopher Melinosky, MD on December 17, 2024. ... Carrier screening. Before you decide to have a baby, ...

Newborn genetic screening (NBGS) seeks to assist in the early identification of newborns at risk for severe genetic disorders. The integration of genomics into newborn screening represents a ...