Chorionic villus sampling is a prenatal diagnostic test performed for prenatal genetic testing involving a biopsy of placental tissue between 10 to 13 weeks gestation. The tissue harvested is the ...

(CBS News) Scientists have successfully mapped the genome of a baby in the womb by giving mom a simple blood test and dad a non-invasive saliva swab. They hope their test could one day serve as an ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A new type of noninvasive prenatal test is becoming more readily available for pregnant women to find out if they are at risk of giving birth to a baby with a chromosomal ...

Our team of maternal-fetal medicine specialists and prenatal genetic counselors have extensive training and experience in prenatal genetic testing. Providers throughout the Mountain West regularly ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): In a significant medical milestone, the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department at AIIMS Bhopal successfully performed its first Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS) procedure on ...

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 ...

The European Union (EU) supports two types of projects in the biomedical field: laboratory research itself and concertation. The latter seeks to concretize collaboration between groups working on or ...

Age-related risk of chromosomal abnormality at midtrimester 1:82 12.2/1,000 Age-related risk of chromosomal abnormality at delivery 1:122 8.2/1,000 Age-related risk of Down syndrome at midtrimester ...