FMS Bengal meet in Kolkata spotlighted advances in prenatal genetic testing, invasive diagnostics and fetal imaging to detect chromosomal and inherited disorders early.

This article is authored by Dr Namrata Singh, consultant pathologist, Dept of Haematology and HLA, Metropolis Healthcare Limited.

Chorionic villus sampling is a prenatal diagnostic test performed for prenatal genetic testing involving a biopsy of placental tissue between 10 to 13 weeks gestation. The tissue harvested is the ...

What Is Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS)? A chorionic villus sampling (CVS) prenatal test checks cells from the placenta (which are identical to cells from the fetus) to see if they have a chromosomal ...

Currently, many technical aspects of how amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling (CVS) are carried out are left to the operator's personal preference. We compare the safety and accuracy of various ...

Your health care provider may recommend a variety of screenings, tests and imaging techniques during your pregnancy. These tests are designed to provide information about the health of your baby and ...

Atlanta Braves star Jurickson Profar was hit with an 80-game suspension after he tested positive for performance-enhancing substances Chorionic Gonadotrophin (hCG), MLB announced on Monday. The ...

A couple who went through with an abortion after being mistakenly told their unborn daughter had a serious genetic condition believe doctors did not follow the law. Carly Wesson and Carl Everson ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): In a significant medical milestone, the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department at AIIMS Bhopal successfully performed its first Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS) procedure on ...

Our team of maternal-fetal medicine specialists and prenatal genetic counselors have extensive training and experience in prenatal genetic testing. Providers throughout the Mountain West regularly ...

This test is usually offered to women who are considered high risk for having babies with genetic disorders such as cystic fibrosis or chromosomal abnormalities. A sample of the cells that line the ...