A nationwide study has found that testing a developing fetus's DNA through chromosomal microarray (CMA) provides more information about potential disorders than does the standard method of prenatal ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. William A. Haseltine, Ph.D., covers genomics and regenerative medicine Non-invasive prenatal testing, or NIPT, now shapes critical ...

Myriad Genetics (MYGN) continues to empower parents with increased access to prenatal testing. SneakPeek is now available over the counter in more than 8,800 retail locations nationwide. The product ...

WHEN NON-INVASIVE prenatal testing (NIPT) arrived in 2011, it transformed pregnancy. With a simple blood test, scientists could now sweep a mother’s bloodstream for scraps of placental DNA, uncovering ...

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 ...

JA Rosenfeld is an employee of Signature Genomic Laboratories, a subsidiary of PerkinElmer, Inc. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or ...

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 ...

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 ...

When 58-year-old Lilian Chan, the wife of Hong Kong actor Brian Wong Chak Fung, announced that she was expecting her second child. Her story sparked public conversations about the realities and ...