Noninvasive prenatal screening for genetic diseases using massively parallel sequencing of maternal plasma DNA

LS Chitty, YMD Lo - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2015 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
The identification of cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) in maternal plasma in 1997 heralded the
most significant change in obstetric care for decades, with the advent of safer screening and …

Prenatal diagnosis innovation: genome sequencing of maternal plasma

FCK Wong, YMD Lo - Annual review of medicine, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is accomplished by analysis of circulating cell-free fetal
nucleic acids in maternal plasma. The advent of massively parallel sequencing (MPS) has …

Second generation noninvasive fetal genome analysis reveals de novo mutations, single-base parental inheritance, and preferred DNA ends

KCA Chan, P Jiang, K Sun… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Plasma DNA obtained from a pregnant woman was sequenced to a depth of 270× haploid
genome coverage. Comparing the maternal plasma DNA sequencing data with the parental …

Sensitive monogenic noninvasive prenatal diagnosis by targeted haplotyping

C Vermeulen, G Geeven, E de Wit… - The American Journal of …, 2017 - cell.com
During pregnancy, cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in maternal blood encompasses a small
percentage of cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA), an easily accessible source for determination of …

Complete genes may pass from food to human blood

S Spisak, N Solymosi, P Ittzes, A Bodor, D Kondor… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Our bloodstream is considered to be an environment well separated from the outside world
and the digestive tract. According to the standard paradigm large macromolecules …

Beyond screening for chromosomal abnormalities: advances in non-invasive diagnosis of single gene disorders and fetal exome sequencing

J Hayward, LS Chitty - Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 2018 - Elsevier
Emerging genomic technologies, largely based around next generation sequencing (NGS),
are offering new promise for safer prenatal genetic diagnosis. These innovative approaches …

Non-invasive prenatal testing using cell-free fetal DNA in maternal circulation

GJW Liao, AM Gronowski, Z Zhao - Clinica Chimica Acta, 2014 - Elsevier
The identification of cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) in maternal circulation has made non-
invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) possible. Maternal plasma cell free DNA is a mixture of …

For your interest? The ethical acceptability of using non‐invasive prenatal testing to test 'purely for information'

Z Deans, AJ Clarke, AJ Newson - Bioethics, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is an emerging form of prenatal genetic testing that
provides information about the genetic constitution of a foetus without the risk of pregnancy …

Haplotype-based approach for noninvasive prenatal tests of Duchenne muscular dystrophy using cell-free fetal DNA in maternal plasma

Y Xu, X Li, H Ge, B Xiao, YY Zhang, XM Ying… - Genetics in …, 2015 - nature.com
Purpose: This study demonstrates noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) for Duchenne
muscular dystrophy (DMD) using a newly developed haplotype-based approach. Methods …

Bayesian-based noninvasive prenatal diagnosis of single-gene disorders

T Rabinowitz, A Polsky, D Golan, A Danilevsky… - Genome …, 2019 - genome.cshlp.org
In the last decade, noninvasive prenatal diagnosis (NIPD) has emerged as an effective
procedure for early detection of inherited diseases during pregnancy. This technique is …