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Juno Diagnostics Juno Hazel

Nov 17, 2022

Juno Diagnostics has launched Juno Hazel, a noninvasive prenatal screening test that uses blood from a finger prick. The assay makes use of JunoDx's proprietary sample collection kit and does not require phlebotomy. It tests for common chromosomal aneuploidies, including trisomy 21, 18, and 13, and promises greater than 99 percent sensitivity and specificity.

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