Myriad Genetics, Inc. has launched a new educational website called "Know More Sooner," aimed at providing detailed information about reproductive and prenatal genetic testing. The site seeks to ...

Myriad Genetics, Inc. announced it will present significant research on early prenatal testing at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Conference. The study, awarded the Dru Carlson Memorial Award, ...

Expecting mothers typically opt for prenatal genetic testing during their first and third trimesters. Performed with a sample of the mother's blood, this test looks for fetal aneuploidy, an abnormal ...

A prenatal genetic counselor is a health care professional with specialized training in medical genetics and counseling. They guide and support patients who want information about how inherited ...

Noninvasive fetal genome sequencing (NIFS) detects over 95% of variants and could reduce reliance on amniocentesis and other ...

Non-invasive prenatal tests (NIPTs) are increasingly an integral part of screening during pregnancies across the world. Research from Amsterdam UMC shows that a pregnant woman's genetic background ...

The accurate prenatal diagnosis of skeletal anomaly (SKA) using prenatal imaging alone remains challenging. We aimed to investigate the efficacy of whole-exome sequencing (WES) in the prenatal ...

In 2013, researchers reported an eye-opening case of a healthy pregnant woman with a puzzling prenatal test result. A routine genetic screen using cell-free DNA—a highly accurate blood test—suggested ...

Women are fully capable of making difficult decisions, but meaningful choice requires trusted, vetted information,” writes ...