Autoimmune diseases are a range of diseases in which the immune response to self-
antigens results in damage or dysfunction of tissues. Autoimmune diseases can be systemic …

Through the successful implementation of policies to prevent mother-to-child-transmission
(PMTCT) of HIV-1 infection, children born to HIV-1-infected mothers are now much less likely …

Background The potential use of plasma and serum for molecular diagnosis has generated
interest. Tumour DNA has been found in the plasma and serum of cancer patients, and …

We have developed a real-time quantitative PCR assay to measure the concentration of fetal
DNA in maternal plasma and serum. Our results show that fetal DNA is present in high …

Fetal DNA has been detected in maternal plasma during pregnancy. We investigated the
clearance of circulating fetal DNA after delivery, using quantitative PCR analysis of the sex …

Background: There is much recent interest in the biologic and diagnostic implication of cell-
free non-host DNA in the plasma and serum of human subjects. To determine if quantitative …

The invention relates to a detection method performed on a maternal serum or plasma
sample from a pregnant female, which method comprises detecting the presence of a …

Background Fetal cells can be found in the maternal circulation in most pregnancies. Fetal
progenitor cells have been found to persist in the circulation of women many years after …

Recent studies indicate that fetal cells persist in maternal blood for decades after pregnancy.
Maternal cells are known to engraft and persist in infants with immunodeficiency, but …

Most autoimmune diseases occur significantly more frequently in women than men. This
female preponderance for abnormal autoimmune function has largely gone unexplained …