Non-Invasive Blood Test for Fetal Genetic Anomalies
Filed in archive Diagnostics, Methodologies and Instrumentation , Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics by ruth on October 12, 2008
Employing a "shotgun sequencing" strategy using a high-throughput gene sequencing technology to identify millions of unique sequence "tags" in the fetal DNA, the scientists were able to correctly identify the 12 women who carried aneuploid fetuses and the six whose pregnancies were normal. Their results matched those of amniocentesis or CVS test that were done on the women.
The research group is now planning a larger scale study. The cost of the test is estimated to be about $300, with DNA sequencing accounting for the majority of the overall cost.
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