Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When most people think of DNA testing, they imagine dramatic courtroom scenes from TV shows in which a crime’s perpetrator is ...

Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) on pregnant women to detect the risk of a fetus having rare genetic abnormalities may often be wrong, according to recent reports. These tests, according to ...

In 2013, researchers reported an eye-opening case of a healthy pregnant woman with a puzzling prenatal test result. A routine genetic screen using cell-free DNA—a highly accurate blood test—suggested ...

Tara Sander Lee is senior fellow and director of life sciences for the Charlotte Lozier Institute. Advocates for life were surprised to see The New York Times give substantial attention earlier this ...

Republican politicians are calling for accountability after an analysis claiming certain prenatal testing products yielded high numbers of false positives for genetic disorders, raising questions ...

BioReference Laboratories Inc. in Elmwood Park acquired the U.S. Ariosa centralized laboratory prenatal testing business from Roche. The Harmony Prenatal Test, Ariosa’s non-invasive prenatal screening ...

Myriad Genetics, Inc. announced it will present significant research on early prenatal testing at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Conference. The study, awarded the Dru Carlson Memorial Award, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In Utah, more of Dr. Cara Heuser’s maternal-fetal medicine patients are requesting early ultrasounds, hoping to detect serious problems in time to choose whether to continue the ...

This summer, I asked New York Times readers to send me their medical bills. Some submitted bills for prenatal screenings for as much as $8,000. I learned there was a bigger story: For some screenings, ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) Market, Size, Global Forecast 2023-2030, Industry Trends, Share, Growth, Insight, Impact of Inflation, Company Analysis" report has ...

Eurofins Strengthens Its Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing Technology Portfolio with the Acquisition of a Majority Stake in LifeCodexx July 27, 2017 01:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time ...

Ms. Becker, who writes about parenting, disability and religion, is the author of the forthcoming “To Be Made Well,” about what healing looks like on a personal and societal level. Our 16-year-old ...