Contemporary OB/GYN
Accurate, affordable non-invasivedetection of fetal trisomies with
a smiple maternal blood draw performed after 10 weeks' gestation
Traditional prenatal screening can pose challenges for
healthcare providers and their patients. With up to 30%
false negative rates and 5% false positive rates, current
screening can lead hundreds of thousands of women to
undergo unnecessary invasive procedures and risk fetal
loss. However, with the advent of DNA sequencing and
other technological advancements over the last three
decades, one of the greatest leaps forward in molecular diagnostics has been the introduction of "NIPT" or
non-invasive prenatal testing. NIPT offers pregnant
patients as early as 10 weeks' gestation an accurate and
personalized method of detecting fetal trisomies linked
to Down syndrome and others conditions.
  The Harmony blood test
is capable of reliably identifying and counting cell-free DNA fragments
in maternal blood, determining whether a fetal trisomy may be present.
Ariosa, Harmony, and Harmony Prenatal Test are trademarks of Ariosa Diagnostics, inc.
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