Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦1d ago
“Non-invasive blood tests based on foetal DNA have already revolutionised prenatal diagnostics…The latest test, if confirmed as reliable, would expand the list to include almost all genetic conditions on the newborn screening.”
#Pregnancy #PreNatalTesting #ObGyn #Science
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jun/12/maternal-blood-test-detect-genetic-conditions-foetus?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1
Blood test can find thousands of genetic conditions in pregnancy, say scientists

Technique that examines fragments of foetal DNA in mother’s bloodstream could limit need for invasive screening, according to researchers

The Guardian
Nick Byrd, Ph.D.Apr 29, 2025

People were less averse to #risk (d = 0.4) when making #prenatalTesting decisions in their SECOND #language — even when they seemed to understand the relevant information.

https://doi.org/10.1002/bdm.70016

#parenting #cogSci #medicine #genetics #edu #probability #stats #linguistics #econ

Thiago CarvalhoDec 19, 2022

"I knew that I had to start from scratch and wanted to try something more innovative and unusual. For the previous eight years, I worked on circulating cells, but now turned to blood and plasma. Scientifically, it was a very exciting time. I remember when we first looked at maternal plasma and saw that we could detect cell-free DNA, I could not believe my eyes. All these years, we were looking in the wrong place. It was just amazing that we could take a few drops of plasma and boil it for five minutes and get a signal that was so robust."

Dennis Lo, J Clin Inv

#PrenatalTesting #Lasker

https://www.jci.org/articles/view/166777

JCI - A conversation with Yuk Ming Dennis Lo