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Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing Overview by Andy Wijaya is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document discusses non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) using cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) found in maternal plasma. It describes how cffDNA can be used to determine fetal characteristics like sex, blood type, and presence of chromosomal abnormalities. Current technologies like massively parallel sequencing allow analysis of cffDNA for conditions like Down syndrome by detecting disproportionate levels of chromosome 21 DNA fragments in maternal plasma. NIPT using cffDNA is an improvement over invasive p
- Author
- Andy Wijaya
- Language
- EN