The prenatal environment determines health throughout life. The placenta plays a critical role in supplying the fetus with nutrients and oxygen, and responds to suboptimal prenatal environments to ...

Normally used to identify chromosomal abnormalities, the test could help detect cancer in people who otherwise have no reason ...

28. Containers never made it to the lab Accu-Metrics operated various online storefronts under names like Paternity Depot and ...

The blood test is called cell-free DNA sequencing. It looks for fetal problems in DNA fragments shed from the placenta into ...

Many moms-to-be opt for blood tests during pregnancy to check for fetal disorders such as Down syndrome. In rare instances, ...

The Child Study Center and Social Development Lab’s research focuses on developmental pathways to risk and resilience, particularly within early development from pregnancy to early childhood. For ...

Her initial prenatal labs revealed mild anemia (hematocrit, 32%; hemoglobin, 10.8 g/dL) and further indices were all within the normal range (mean cell volume, 90 fL; mean cell hemoglobin ...