In its early life, the placenta is called a chorion because it is formed from the chorionic villi - finger-like growths which develop on the fertilised egg to help it implant in the wall of the uterus ...

Doctors have developed a test which can help detect more than 90 per cent of Down's Syndrome babies during the early stages of pregnancy. It would dramatically cut the need for pregnant women to have ...

ABSTRACT: Background: Prenatal diagnosis is the process of evaluating the presence of disease or potential disease in the fetus, this enables families to be better prepared before the birth of the ...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the detection rate of chromosomal copy number variants (CNVs) in fetuses with isolated and non-isolated increased nuchal translucency (NT) by ...

The Global Reproductive Genetics Market is estimated to be valued at USD 7.31 Bn in 2025 and is expected to reach USD 16.67 Bn by 2032, exhibiting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.5% from ...

Since the identification in 1991 of repeat instability as a disease-causing mutation, gene-specific repeat instability is now known to be the mutational cause of at least 40 neurological, ...

Radiation Protection of Patients (RPOP) – the leading resource for health professionals, patients and public on the safe and effective use of radiation in medicine. Health professionals can find ...

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This important study provides convincing evidence that glucosylceramide synthase (GlcT), a rate-limiting enzyme for glycosphingolipid (GSL) production, plays a role in the differentiation of ...