When you are pregnant, you have so many questions about your baby. Prenatal testing can answer some of those questions. Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) can tell you whether your baby is at risk ...

A NIPT is a type of blood test you can take if you’re pregnant to determine the sex of the baby and whether it might develop a genetic disorder, such as Down syndrome. A noninvasive prenatal test ...

I have two children. At the moment, all I know about their genes is that they both have 46 chromosomes, and one is XY and one is XX. I try to treat them equally, to assume equal potential. But what if ...

Non-invasive prenatal screening techniques can detect chromosomal abnormalities including Down syndrome (Trisomy 21), Edwards syndrome (Trisomy 18), and Patau syndrome (Trisomy 13). These ...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a genetic condition that weakens muscles throughout the body. This makes it difficult to move, swallow, and in some cases breathe. SMA is caused by a gene mutation ...