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ACMG Strongly Recommends NIPS for Common Trisomies for All Pregnancies

The new guidelines, based on a recent evidence review, also recommend offering NIPS for detecting fetal sex chromosome aneuploidies for singleton pregnancies.

Genome-Wide Noninvasive Prenatal Genetic Testing Uncovers Additional Findings Beyond Common Trisomies

The results from the Dutch TRIDENT-2 study found that many of those findings have a clinical impact.

ACMG Review Finds NIPS Accurately Detects Common Trisomies in General-Risk Pregnancies

The review is going to inform upcoming clinical practice guidelines for noninvasive prenatal screening from the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics.

Blood, Immune Cell Formation in Fetal Bone Marrow Detailed in Cell Atlas Effort

The researchers found that blood and immune cells quickly diversify within fetal bone marrow, but that there are differences in Down syndrome samples.

UnitedHealthcare to Cover NIPT for Average-Risk Pregnancies

Several analysts said that the decision by UHC, the largest private payor in the US, will especially benefit Natera.

Nov 8, 2019

Some Call for Expanded Payor Coverage of NIPS but Reluctance Remains
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Oct 30, 2019

PerkinElmer Q3 Revenues Grow 5 Percent

Sep 13, 2019

Natera Finds High Performance for Noninvasive Prenatal Test in All Age Groups
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Mar 29, 2019

Prenatal Testing Decision Making Tied to Women's Aversion to Risk, Ambiguity

Nov 26, 2018

PerkinElmer Vanadis NIPT Receives CE-IVD Mark

Nov 13, 2018

Angle to Enter NIPT Market With Rare Cell Isolation Platform
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Oct 22, 2018

ASHG: Dutch Nationwide NIPT Implementation Study Sees 42 Percent Uptake After First Year

Sep 19, 2018

Premaitha Licenses NIPT Tech From Illumina Under Settlement

Aug 14, 2018

Cell-Free DNA Screening, Invasive Testing Show Similar Miscarriage Rates, Study Suggests

Jul 10, 2018

PerkinElmer, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island to Test NIPT System

Jul 2, 2018

German Institute Issues Report on NIPD for Evaluation of Health Insurance Coverage

Mar 21, 2018

PerkinElmer's Vanadis NIPT System to Enable Screening at Low Cost, Complexity
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Mar 19, 2018

Illumina Sues Natera Over NIPT Library Prep Patent

Feb 5, 2018

Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency Approves Premaitha's Noninvasive Prenatal Test as IVD

Jan 19, 2018

NIPT Commentary Raises Physician Conflict as Factor in Average-Risk Adoption
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Dec 14, 2017

BGI Receives CE Mark for NIFTY Noninvasive Prenatal Test on BGISEQ-500 Platform

Dec 14, 2017

Inex Innovations Exchange Developing Fetal Cell-Based NIPT to Expand Test Portfolio
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Nov 27, 2017

CRISPR Used to Eliminate Targeted Chromosomes in New Study

Nov 9, 2017

UK Study Finds Reflex NIPT After Combined Screening Detects Most Trisomies, Avoids Invasive Tests

Oct 30, 2017

Arcedi Biotech Readying Cell-Based NIPT for Commercialization as Clinical Studies Continue
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Genes Linked to White-Tailed Jackrabbits' Winter Coat Color Change

Climate change, the researchers noted in Science, may lead to camouflage mismatch and increase predation of white-tailed jackrabbits.

Adenine Base Editor Targets SCID Mutation in New Study

Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, report in Cell that adenine base editing was able to produce functional T lymphocytes in a model of severe combined immune deficiency.

Researchers Find Gene Affecting Alkaline Sensitivity in Plants

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Science have found a locus affecting alkaline-salinity sensitivity, which could aid in efforts to improve crop productivity, as they report in Science.

International Team Proposes Checklist for Returning Genomic Research Results

Researchers in the European Journal of Human Genetics present a checklist to guide the return of genomic research results to study participants.