New method for prenatal testing for pregnant women: non-invasive genetic testing

There is a new way to check pregnant women! On January 16, 2015, the National Health and Family Planning Commission announced the first batch of non-invasive genetic testing pilot units. Three units in Chongqing were approved, namely the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Southwest Hospital Affiliated to Third Military Medical University, and Chongqing Maternal and Child Health Hospital. Yesterday, Huang Shuai, an obstetrician at the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, told a Chongqing Evening News reporter that many pregnant women show high risk during Down syndrome screening (which checks whether the fetus is congenitally stupid), and after further examination, they often find nothing. In the past, amniocentesis was mostly used for diagnosis, and there was a certain risk of miscarriage.

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