What should have been one of the most joyous times of Dr. Naseem Khorram’s life turned into one of the most terrifying. The Los Angeles-based nephrologist was getting routine bloodwork during her ...

A disturbing report from The New York Times on the unreliability of prenatal blood testing for genetic abnormalities should do more than make us wish that the testing companies were better regulated.

Non-invasive prenatal screening techniques can detect chromosomal abnormalities including Down syndrome (Trisomy 21), Edwards syndrome (Trisomy 18), and Patau syndrome (Trisomy 13). These ...

Some of the tests look for missing snippets of chromosomes. For every 15 times they correctly find a problem ... … they are wrong 85 times By Sarah Kliff and Aatish ...

prenatal genetic testing Published practice bulletins offer guidance to clinicians on patient education during pregnancy. To provide women with accurate information regarding genetic screening and ...

Prenatal genetic testing determines if an offspring is at risk of genetic or hereditary conditions. This can inform the parents of decisions such as keeping the child or not or adjusting to help them ...

On Nov. 1, Kate Manriquez, whose first child is due in May, did what many women do a couple months into their pregnancies: She gave a blood sample at her doctor’s office for a genetic test meant to ...