Opinion: How Biomedicine Could Transform Human Reproduction
Opinion: How Biomedicine Could Transform Human Reproduction
CRISPR and other innovations are likely to open up a wealth of new options for how people have children.
CRISPR and other innovations are likely to open up a wealth of new options for how people have children.
Amniocentesis
Circulating Fetal Cells Sequenced for Prenatal Testing Study
Emily Makowski | Dec 10, 2019 | 3 min read
Trophoblasts, collected from the mother during a blood draw, can determine fetal genetic abnormalities currently diagnosed through amniocentesis or chorionic villi sampling.
In Our Blood: A Profile of Stuart Orkin
Anna Azvolinsky | Jul 15, 2019 | 9 min read
By unraveling the molecular underpinnings of inherited blood disorders, the Boston Children’s Hospital researcher has provided the basis for therapies now being tested for beta-thalassemia and sickle cell disease.
Developer of Amniocentesis Dies
Aggie Mika | May 4, 2017 | 2 min read
John Littlefield pioneered the use of the prenatal testing method in diagnosing genetic disorders in the womb.