Thursday, July 16, 2015, an oft-stated, but rarely occurring, meeting will be held. If you can get there, I hope to see you in attendance. Continue Reading
June 19, 2015
News: prenatal testing, rising number of abortions, and cancer
From the News page, here's a collection of tweets of mine on news reported this week: Continue Reading
June 17, 2015
What exactly is MaterniT21, Harmony, verifi, & Panorama testing?
If more women were accurately counseled about what exactly cell free DNA is testing, they would immediately understand that their test results are never diagnostic. Continue Reading
June 12, 2015
News: Sequenom’s patent invalidated, Ron Burgundy commentary, & informed consent concerns raised
From the News page, some significant developments concerning cell free DNA, with commentary by Anchorman Ron Burgundy: Continue Reading
June 9, 2015
Noninvasive Prenatal Testing for Down syndrome: 99% malpractice
If you've been told you have a 99% chance of having a child with Down syndrome based on a prenatal blood test, your practitioner likely has committed malpractice. Continue Reading
June 3, 2015
Noninvasive Prenatal Screening in the News
From the News page: a new NIPS provider, and financial news about two others. Continue Reading
May 13, 2015
ISPD: not that serious of a concern after all
Over at the Prenatal Information Research Consortium (PIRC) blog I have a post noting the "sea-change" in the International Society for Prenatal Diagnosis' position on noninvasive prenatal screening. Here are a few other notes from the ISPD's updated statement on NIPS. Continue Reading
April 28, 2015
NIPS: 3 babies with Down syndrome born & 2,432 more selective abortions
A study of noninvasive prenatal screening's (NIPS) impact on clinical practice has found it may increase misdiagnoses and risk of miscarriage. And that's not all. Continue Reading
April 3, 2015
A sick, unethical cycle: prenatal testing for Down syndrome
So many items have cropped up in the past two weeks that here is a listing of all this news about Down syndrome prenatal testing. They lead to a sad conclusion. Continue Reading
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