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Fetal Test Could Detect Cancer in Expecting Mothers

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A new blood test which has been available in the market as recently as 2011 has been used in diagnosing the fetuses with various conditions such as Down syndrome. It has been a part of prenatal...

The Market For DNA-Sequncing-Based Down’s Syndrome Tests Could Exceed $6 Billion

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On Wednesday night the New England Journal of Medicine published a study showing that a new, DNA-sequencing based blood test provides a dramatic improvement in accuracy at screening for Down’s...

FDA OKs mental disability blood test for infants

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FDA approves novel genetic test that screens infants for predictors of mental handicaps WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday cleared a first-of-a-kind blood test...