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Sunday, March 29, 2015

Non-Invasive Prenatal Screening - Cocktail Chatter March 30


This article discussed a statement that had been released by two of world's largest societies of human geneticists. The statement talked about the research that had been done on non-invasive prenatal screening, both the benefits and the downsides. The article discussed and compared the present-day technology which is combined First trimester screening with the new procedure. The article then proceeded to talk about how this procedure would be implemented and how it could help the public.



         Original:
Wybo Dondorp, Guido de Wert, Yvonne Bombard, Diana W Bianchi, Carsten Bergmann, Pascal Borry, Lyn S Chitty, Florence Fellmann, Francesca Forzano, Alison Hall, Lidewij Henneman, Heidi C Howard, Anneke Lucassen, Kelly Ormond, Borut Peterlin, Dragica Radojkovic, Wolf Rogowski, Maria Soller, Aad Tibben, Lisbeth Tranebjærg, Carla G van El, Martina C Cornel. Non-invasive prenatal testing for aneuploidy and beyond: challenges of responsible innovation in prenatal screening. European Journal of Human Genetics, 2015; DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2015.57
Online:  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150325132611.htm

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