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Results of non-invasive prenatal testing compare well to those from invasive methods, with better safety and cost

While noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) has revolutionized prenatal diagnostics by allowing the detection of a number of genetic problems in a fetus, it is currently limited and thus misses many ...
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Noninvasive prenatal testing identifies twice as many Down syndrome cases as second-trimester serum screening

A novel study has analyzed the cost-effectiveness of different Down syndrome (DS) screening strategies. The result confirms that noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) outperforms second-trimester serum ...
Nature

Significance of noninvasive prenatal testing using massively parallel sequencing in women with twin or vanishing twin pregnancies

Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) to detect fetal chromosomal abnormalities by analyzing cell-free deoxyribonucleic acid (cfDNA) in the maternal plasma has been performed worldwide. The first ...