PRENATAL TESTING

The billion-dollar industry of prenatal testing – not all choices considered equal?

Nic Zumaran | 12 May 2019 | Comments

tags: prenatal testing

Some ethical key issues are yet to be addressed

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New Down’s Syndrome test could save money, say British obstetricians

Xavier Symons | 24 September 2016 | Comments

tags: down syndrome, prenatal testing, uk

A new prenatal test could reduce the expense of caring for those with Down’s Syndrome, says the UK Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

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The ethics and science of prenatal testing for autism

Xavier Symons | 16 May 2014 | Comments

tags: autism, prenatal testing

Leading researcher Simon Baron-Cohen believes that significant obstacles, both scientific and ethical, remain before we can undertake prenatal testing for autism.

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Prenatal genetic screening “may be inaccurate”

Jared Yee | 07 July 2012 | Comments

tags: genetic screening, genetic tests, prenatal screening, prenatal testing

New genetic tests to screen unborn babies will not be 100% accurate and might worry parents into believing their child will be born with a disability when they are actually healthy, warns IVF expert and gadfly Lord Robert Winston.

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Highly accurate non-invasive pre-natal test available “within 5 years”

Michael Cook | 07 June 2012 | Comments

tags: prenatal testing

Scientists are moving closer to a reliable, non-invasive pre-natal test for genetic disorders. In a study in the journal Science Translational Medicine, Jay Shendure, of the University of Washington, Seattle, pieced together a genetic profile of a foetus only 18.5 weeks after conception which was 98% accurate.

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Life with Down syndrome overwhelmingly happy, says US study

Michael Cook | 01 October 2011 | Comments

tags: Down syndrome, prenatal testing

The latest research on life with Down syndrome paints a very positive picture. In a major feature in the American Journal of Medical Genetics, Dr Brian Skotko, of Children’s Hospital Boston, and colleagues report that “The overwhelming majority of parents surveyed report that they are happy with their decision to have their child with DS and indicate that their sons and daughters are great sources of love and pride”.

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Mothers may be forbidden from knowing sex of unborn baby in Europe: ruling

Jared Yee | 16 September 2011 | Comments

tags: prenatal testing, sex selection

Hospitals could be forbidden from telling expectant mothers the sex of their unborn babies, following a ruling in Europe.

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New test reveals fetus’ sex as early as 7 weeks

Jared Yee | 12 August 2011 | Comments

tags: Arthur Caplan, genetic testing, genetic tests, prenatal testing, sex selection

A new, highly accurate, blood test can determine a baby’s sex as early as 7 weeks into the pregnancy.

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Test for baby’s DNA in the womb

Michael Cook | 11 December 2010 | Comments

tags: genetics, prenatal testing

Maternal blood reveals foetal DNA

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7-week sex detection pregnancy test now available

Michael Cook | 06 November 2010 | Comments

tags: prenatal testing, sex selection

Developed by Israeli doctors

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Spinal tap may give definitive prediction of Alzheimer’s

Michael Cook | 14 August 2010 | Comments

tags: Alzheimer's disease, genetic testing, prenatal testing

New policy dilemmas

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Melbourne couples sue over Down syndrome births

Michael Cook | 24 July 2010 | Comments

tags: Down syndrome, prenatal testing, wrongful birth

Parents want compensation for distress and specialist care