image: Noninvasive fetal genome scanning from maternal blood. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Dec. 8, 2010, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The study, by Y.M. Dennis Lo at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, China, and colleagues was titled, "Maternal Plasma DNA Sequencing Reveals the Genome-Wide Genetic and Mutational Profile of the Fetus." view more
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