You can't keep a bad idea down: Dark history, death, and potential rebirth of eugenics

M Liscum, ML Garcia - The Anatomical Record, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract “Be careful what you wish for”: This adage guides both how this project came to life,
and how the topic covered in this review continues to unfold. What began as talks between …

Prenatal exome sequencing: background, current practice and future perspectives—a systematic review

D Guadagnolo, G Mastromoro, F Di Palma, A Pizzuti… - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The introduction of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies has exerted a
significant impact on prenatal diagnosis. Prenatal Exome Sequencing (pES) is performed …

“Overestimated technology–underestimated consequences”–reflections on risks, ethical conflicts, and social disparities in the handling of non-invasive prenatal tests …

M Baldus - Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2023 - Springer
New technologies create new complexities. Since non-invasive prenatal tests (NIPTs) were
first introduced, keeping pace with complexity constitutes an ongoing task for medical …

Non-invasive prenatal testing: A diagnostic innovation shaped by commercial interests and the regulation conundrum

I Löwy - Social Science & Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is grounded in the analysis of free circulating fetal DNA
(cfDNA) in pregnant women's blood. The rolling out of this screening method was in large …

Decision-making about non-invasive prenatal testing: women's moral reasoning in the absence of a risk of miscarriage in Germany

S Reinsch, A König… - New Genetics and Society, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This paper examines women's experiences with decision-making about non-invasive
prenatal testing (NIPT). Such tests offer knowledge about chromosomal disorders early in …

“We are just not sure what that means or if it's relevant”: Uncertainty when gathering family history information in South African prenatal genetic counseling …

M Scott, J Watermeyer, TM Wessels - Social Science & Medicine, 2024 - Elsevier
Uncertainty impacts the process of health communication. The management and tolerance
of uncertainty during healthcare discussions have gained renewed focus due to the growing …

Chromosomal microarray analysis for pregnancies with abnormal maternal serum screening who undergo invasive prenatal testing

X Wu, Y Li, N Lin, X Xie, L Su, M Cai… - Journal of Cellular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) has been implemented as a first‐tier test
in pregnancies with ultrasound anomalies. However, its application for pregnancies with …

Western Australian women's expectations for expanded NIPT—An online survey regarding NIPT for single gene, recessive and chromosomal conditions

S Long, P O'Leary, JE Dickinson - Journal of Genetic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Prenatal screening has evolved rapidly following the introduction of non‐invasive prenatal
testing (NIPT), with screening now available for an increasing number of conditions. We …

Non‐invasive prenatal testing: clinical utility and ethical concerns about recent advances.

J Thomas, J Harraway… - Medical Journal of …, 2021 - search.ebscohost.com
The combined first trimester screening test for Down syndrome, involving a nuchal
translucency scan and biochemistry at 11–13 weeks, improved detection rates to 90% when …

Fetal information as shared information: using NIPT to test for adult-onset conditions

H Bowman-Smart, M Taylor-Sands - Monash Bioethics Review, 2021 - Springer
The possibilities of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) are expanding, and the use of NIPT
for adult-onset conditions may become widely available in the near future. If parents use …