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 ...

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 ...

Prenatal genetic testing determines if an offspring is at risk of genetic or hereditary conditions. This can inform the parents of decisions such as keeping the child or not or adjusting to help them ...

Readers discuss an article about the many false positives, and whether the tests are faulty or misunderstood. To the Editor: In “Tests Predicting Rare Disorders in Fetuses Are Usually Wrong” (front ...