Blood test takes risk out of prenatal testing

ABC Science - Wed 4 Jul 12

The days of pregnant women having an eight-centimetre-long hollow needle jabbed into their abdomens may be numbered.

Fetal genome sequenced without the father's DNA

Newscientist - Wed 4 Jul 12

A new prenatal genome sequencing method needs only the mother's blood and DNA to screen for genetic diseases

New method enables sequencing of fetal genomes using only maternal blood sample

Medical Xpress - Wed 4 Jul 12

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have for the first time sequenced the genome of an unborn baby using only a blood sample from the mother.

New method enables sequencing of fetal genomes using only maternal blood sample, HealthCanal - Wed 4 Jul 12
New Stanford method enables sequencing of fetal genomes using only maternal blood sample, Eurekalert - Wed 4 Jul 12

Mother's blood shows birth defects in fetal DNA

FOXNews - Thu 5 Jul 12

Researchers said they were able to sequence the entire genome of a fetus using only a blood sample from the mother, an advance in the effort to find noninvasive ways for expectant parents to ...

From a vial of mom's blood, a fetus's entire genome

Reuters - Wed 4 Jul 12

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The days of pregnant women having a 3-inch-long (8-centimetre-long) hollow needle jabbed into their abdomens may be numbered.

New method can detect birth defects from maternal blood sample

Emaxhealth - Thu 5 Jul 12

New method enables sequencing of fetal genomes using only maternal blood sample

Labspaces.net - Thu 5 Jul 12

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have for the first time sequenced the genome of an unborn baby using only a blood sample from the mother. ...

Sequencing of fetal genomes using only maternal blood sample

ScienceDaily - Wed 4 Jul 12

Researchers have for the first time sequenced the genome of an unborn baby using only a blood sample from the mother. The new technique hinges on the fact that pregnant women have DNA from both ...