(HealthDay News) — For women worried about the risks of amniocentesis and other currently available tests for chromosomal disorders such as Down syndrome, a new, safer test may be on the horizon, researchers say.
Currently, prenatal genetic tests for Down syndrome, including amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling, involve insertion of a needle into the uterus. These [...]
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Pregnant women have been waiting a long time for a blood test to definitively diagnose Down syndrome, and one may finally be on the near horizon. Researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that they’ve overcome a significant hurdle in providing such a test, which won’t require them to sort maternal [...]
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