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Most respondents were favorable toward future prenatal screening for a range of conditions, including life-threatening disorders, mental disabilities, disorders treatable in pregnancy and severe physical disabilities, regardless of their choice for GW-NIPT or targeted NIPT. In conclusion, women who chose...
A multi-centre phase IIa clinical study of predictive testing for preeclampsia: improved pregnancy outcomes via early detection (IMPROvED). BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2013;13(1):1-7.Navaratnam K, Alfirevic Z, Baker PN, Gluud C, Gruttner B, Kublickiene K, et al. A multi-centre phase...
Can I exercise during pregnancy? (Chinese Version Only) Details Media Centre 20 / 07 / 2021The quality of blood samples affects the results of gene testing. How to prevent hemolysis? Details 09 / 11 / 2020Dr Desmond Hau, CEO of Pangenia Inc, interviewed with Pharma Boardroom ...
During pregnancy, a small percentage of cell-free DNA in a woman’s blood is from the placenta and usually matches the DNA of the fetus. With NIPT, cell-free fetal DNA can be examined for evidence of aneuploidy (an extra or missing chromosome). For example, NIPT can be used to look ...
The prenatal paternity test cannot be performed in cases of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), twin or multiple pregnancies, less than 7 weeks pregnancy (5 weeks past conception) or when the alleged fathers are close blood relatives. The test also cannot be conducted when the mother is suffering fr...
Compared with the Ang-1/Ang-2 ratio alone, maternal and clinical risk factors had better predictive accuracy for most adverse pregnancy outcomes. The exception was miscarriage (Ang-1/Ang-2 ratio area under receiver operating characteristic curve = 0.70; maternal risk factors = 0.58). Overall, ...
Today the challenge in paternity testing is to provide an accurate noninvasive assay that can be performed early during pregnancy. This requires the use of novel analytical methods capable of detecting the low fraction of circulating fetal DNA in maternal blood. We previously showed that forensic co...
At present prenatal diagnosis of CMV infection is mainly based on maternal serology, detection of CMV-DNA in amniotic fluid and fetal blood, and US and MRI imaging. Recent evidences suggest that cCMV may be an immune-mediated disease and that evaluation of humoral and especially T-cell ...
” she said. “There’s good information to show now that generally after about 19 weeks into the pregnancy – so halfway through the pregnancy – for that second half, you can treat safely.”