title: Noninvasive Prenatal Screening for Genetic Diseases Using Massively Parallel Sequencing of Maternal Plasma DNA.
abstract: The identification of cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) in maternal plasma in 1997 heralded the most significant change in obstetric care for decades, with the advent of safer screening and diagnosis based on analysis of maternal blood. Here, we describe how the technological advances offered by next-generation sequencing have allowed for the development of a highly sensitive screening test for aneuploidies as well as definitive prenatal molecular diagnosis for some monogenic disorders.
authors.affiliation: UCL Institute of Child Health, Genetics and Genomic Medicine, London WC1N 1EH, United Kingdom; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London NW1 2PG, United Kingdom; NE Thames Regional Genetics Service, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, 37 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BH, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Lyn S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Chitty
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research into Circulating Fetal Nucleic Acids, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong SAR, China; Department of Chemical Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Y M Dennis
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Lo
mesh_terms: D000782:Aneuploidy; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002474:Cell-Free System; D004247:DNA / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D019175:DNA Methylation / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling / Q000191:economics; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000191:economics; D005820:Genetic Testing; D006801:Humans; D018973:Intellectual Property; D010949:Plasma; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D004247:DNA