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Prenatal testing

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Prenatal testing
Testing for a disease such as a genetic condition in an unborn baby.


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Pregnant parents who undergo prenatal testing are then at a major decision making crossroads, if doctors or genetic testers inform them that a child is predisposed to such conditions.
Prenatal Testing for Down Syndrome Dangerous for All Babies A study published by Down Syndrome Education International, a British charity organization, reports that invasive prenatal testing kills 400 healthy babies a year who had been identified as having the condition by false-positive blood tests, The Telegraph reported.
Xenomics has three issued United States patents covering different applications of the technology for molecular diagnostics and genetic testing and a European patent for the company's prenatal testing applications, and numerous pending patent applications.
 
 
 
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