Chorionic villus sampling is a prenatal diagnostic test performed for prenatal genetic testing involving a biopsy of placental tissue between 10 to 13 weeks gestation. The tissue harvested is the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Testing for genetic defects early in pregnancy through chorionic villus sampling, or CVS, does not appear to raise the risk of fetal loss. CVS involves using a needle to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The mean maternal age at first birth has been increasing in the United States in recent years, from 24.9 years ...

Both tests can tell whether there are genetic defects in a developing baby, although nothing can be done to correct those defects. The decision to offer the tests to women beginning at age 35 is ...

The tests look for genetic abnormalities in a fetus, according to the FDA. Common prenatal tests done to test for genetic abnormalities are the subject of a new warning from the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Our team of maternal-fetal medicine specialists and prenatal genetic counselors have extensive training and experience in prenatal genetic testing. Providers throughout the Mountain West regularly ...

The new test can also be performed much earlier in pregnancy, say its developers Dr Ian Findlay and Mr Darryl Irwin of the Australian Genome Research Facility in Brisbane. It should open the ...

A research team from Odense University Hospital and the University of Southern Denmark has developed an innovative screening test. With a blood sample from the expectant mother, they can scrutinize ...

Background/objectives: Aquaporins (AQPs) are a family of proteins (AQP0-12) ubiquitously expressed acting as cell membrane water channels. AQP 1/3/8/9 expression has been found in human placenta and ...