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New study links prenatal DNA screening to better CMV treatment decisions

Explore the benefits of prenatal DNA screening to detect cytomegalovirus in early pregnancy for better health decisions.

Noninvasive prenatal screening could prevent permanent hearing loss in newborns

A new study indicates that noninvasive prenatal screening (NIPS) performed using a low-cost form of whole genome sequencing ...
Forbes

Prenatal DNA Tests Raise High-Stakes Questions For Parents And Families

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. William A. Haseltine, Ph.D., covers genomics and regenerative medicine Non-invasive prenatal testing, or NIPT, now shapes critical ...
Sacramento Bee

A Sacramento nurse addresses stigmas attached to non-invasive prenatal testing | Opinion

Imagine this: You just found out that you or your partner are pregnant, and your overwhelmed with emotions. You start thinking about prenatal vitamins, making your first provider appointment, car ...
The Economist

A routine test for fetal abnormalities could improve a mother’s health

WHEN NON-INVASIVE prenatal testing (NIPT) arrived in 2011, it transformed pregnancy. With a simple blood test, scientists could now sweep a mother’s bloodstream for scraps of placental DNA, uncovering ...
Forbes

Healing Before Birth: How Genetic Screening Is Changing Lives

Advances in modern medicine allow us to treat fetuses and newborn babies for genetic or inherited diseases. Advances in modern medicine allow us to treat fetuses and newborn babies for genetic or ...