A new prenatal test can screen for chromosomal abnormalities in fetuses. OBGYNTwitter
The new test is called STORK and can be used in doctors' offices. The test uses a palm-sized, nanopore-based DNA sequencer to examine tissue from miscarriages or from a biopsy of the placenta orResults can be delivered in 2 hours, the researchers said. Sequencing times and costs range from 10 minutes and $200 for a single sample to 2 hours and less than $50 per sample when 10 samples are tested simultaneously.
Existing tests include two main approaches. One is a rapid and target approach, which tests only a limited number of chromosomes and the other is a whole-genome approach, which takes days or weeks to get results and requires sending samples to specialized laboratories. For PGT-A samples, STORK results were 98.1% matched with the clinical diagnosis of the embryos, they report.
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