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Image: Detection of chromosomal deletion by NIPT using maternal blood plasma (top) is similar to detection with the traditional method using fetal tissue (bottom) (Photo courtesy of UC San Diego Health).

Noninvasive Prenatal Technique Detects Subchromosomal Abnormalities

Noninvasive prenatal testing using sequencing of fetal cell-free DNA from maternal plasma has allowed accurate prenatal diagnosis of aneuploidy without requirement of an invasive procedure and this approach has gained increasing clinical acceptance.   More...
24 Nov 2015
Image: The RainDrop droplet polymerase chain reaction system (Photo courtesy of RainDance Technologies).

DNA in Blood Tracks Cancer Development and Response

Circulating tumor DNA analysis can be used to track tumor burden and analyze cancer genomes noninvasively, but the extent to which it represents metastatic heterogeneity is unknown.  More...
23 Nov 2015
Image: The Qubit Fluorometer accurately detects and quantifies very low concentrations of DNA, RNA, and protein (Photo courtesy of Great Lakes Genomics Center).

Blood Test Increases Accuracy in Prenatal Testing

A simple, accurate and low risk blood test can detect fetal blood group, sex, and genetic conditions in unborn babies and the DNA test is inexpensive and is noninvasive, as opposed to the traditional amniocentesis test that involves a needle and carries a minor risk of miscarriage.   More...
22 Nov 2015
Image: Apolipoprotein E ε4 is associated with disease-specific effects on brain atrophy in Alzheimer\'s disease and behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) (Photo courtesy of Dr. Federica Agosta).

Genetic Risk Marker Found for Late-Life Depression

The epsilon 4 allele of the apolipoprotein gene has been associated with atherosclerosis as well as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease but it is less clear whether there is also an association with geriatric depression.  More...
22 Nov 2015
Image: Droplet digital polymerase chain reaction system (Photo courtesy of Bio-Rad).

Blood Samples Analysis Monitors Colorectal Cancer Chemotherapy Response

Circulating cell-free DNA may be collected from plasma of colorectal cancer patients and represents a less invasive, less costly approach to tracking biomarkers of interest longitudinally and at progression.  More...
18 Nov 2015
Image: The Diagnostics-in-a-Suitcase used to screen for Ebolavirus disease (Photo courtesy of Institut Pasteur, Dakar).

Rapid Ebola Virus Detection Assay Evaluated

Ebolavirus infection is mainly diagnosed by various in-house and commercial real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction assays used in up to 38 laboratories implemented at or close to Ebola treatment centers in West Africa.  More...
17 Nov 2015
Image: Schematic diagram of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), a small piece of DNA released from dying cancer cells into the blood (Photo courtesy of Jonathan Bailey).

Cancer DNA in Blood Helps Personalize Liver Cancer Treatment

Liver cancer tumor specimens are difficult and sometimes dangerous to obtain, and noninvasive methods are required to assess cancer progression and characterize underlying genomic features.  More...
15 Nov 2015
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