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 ...
A DNA screening to look for fetal abnormalities can render some unexpected results. According to a new analysis, a cell-free DNA screening to test for chromosomal disorders can also reveal undetected ...
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found previously undetected cancers in 48.6% of pregnant people who had abnormal results for prenatal cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing used to ...
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Natera, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRA), a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, today announced the publication of two major studies, DTRT-2 and Trifecta-Heart, ...
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Natera, Inc. (NTRA) (NASDAQ: NTRA), a global leader in cell-free DNA and precision medicine, today announced that the American Journal of Transplantation (AJT) ...
A blood test known as a cfDNA test has proven to be accurate in detecting colorectal cancer in the majority of cases. Colorectal cancer is often deadly, but screening for it can be inconvenient, so ...
Study indicates iMDx flagship technology’s equivalence with commercially available dd-cfDNA test kits Head-to-head comparison of iMDx’s digital PCR-based test kits with NGS kits shows consistent ...
"Tumors and other cancers can shed DNA into the bloodstream, distorting the ratios. Sometimes this can lead to alarming prenatal test results, like extra or missing chromosomes. Sometimes it can just ...