First-Ever FISH Probes for Patient Management Granted IVDR Certification
Oxford Gene Technology
IVDR-compliant products help boost patient safety as well as future-proof customer supply chains
Prenatal Testing
Drop Race Adjustment in Prenatal AFP Tests, Study Urges
UW Medicine
Adjusting test-result values only in Black patients is “ludicrous” and “incorrect”
Diagnostic Potential of Amniotic Fluid Cells in Deciphering Rare Diseases
The University of Hong Kong
This is the first study to demonstrate the clinical utility of amniotic fluid cells RNA-sequencing
Four in Five Pregnancy-Related Deaths in the US Are Preventable
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Data highlights opportunities to better protect moms
Researchers Develop Same-Day Test to Detect Abnormal Fetal Chromosomes
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
STORK helps identify cause of miscarriage and potentially improves in vitro fertilization process
What Does the Roe v. Wade Ruling Mean for Prenatal Testing?
Rachel Muenz
Here’s how the recent Supreme Court ruling is likely to affect prenatal testing
Researchers Improve Fetal Heart Defect Detection Using Machine Learning
University of California - San Francisco
Researchers have found a way to double the accuracy of detecting the majority of complex fetal heart defects in utero
New Ultrasound Technique Detects Fetal Circulation Problems in Placenta
National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
The advance could alert physicians to increased need for fetal monitoring, early delivery
NIPT as a Potential Cancer Screening Tool in Pregnancy
Catherine Crawford-Brown, MSc, MScComm
A handful of studies have found that NIPT can detect unexplained aneuploidies in maternal blood samples not present in the fetus