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“Backdoor to Eugenics”?: the Risks of Prenatal Diagnosis for Poor, Black Women [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This article is situated at the intersection of three of the conference’s stated subject areas: Race and Healthcare, Reproductive Rights, and Race and the Family.
Asbury, Bret D.
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Molecular Testing in Sickle Cell Disease: From Newborn Screening to Transfusion Care

open access: yesInternational Journal of Laboratory Hematology, Volume 48, Issue 2, Page 295-304, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most frequent monogenic diseases worldwide and a highly heterogeneous and complex disease. SCD care carries several challenges. This includes early and accurate diagnosis as well as optimal red blood cell transfusion matching in this population carrying a high risk of alloimmunization.
Thomas Pincez, Yves D. Pastore
wiley   +1 more source

A Novel Mouse Model of Sympathoadrenal Catecholamine Deficiency by Ablation of the Tyrosine Hydroxylase Gene With Slc6a4‐Cre

open access: yesJournal of Neurochemistry, Volume 170, Issue 4, April 2026.
Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) is a rate‐limiting enzyme for catecholamine synthesis. In this study, we generated a novel Th gene conditional knockout mouse line by crossing Th‐flox mice with Slc6a4‐Cre mice. To our surprise, TH expression was largely lost in the adrenal medulla and sympathetic neurons in the conditional knockout mice.
Ryohei Ogawa   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vaccines at the Heart of Hepatitis Elimination: Insights From the ESCMID Study Group for Viral Hepatitis (ESGVH)

open access: yesLiver International, Volume 46, Issue 4, April 2026.
ABSTRACT The global elimination of viral hepatitis by 2030 remains an ambitious goal that hinges not only on diagnostics and therapeutics but fundamentally on the strategic use and continued innovation of vaccines. The ESCMID Study Group for Viral Hepatitis (ESGVH) convened to examine the role of vaccination as the cornerstone of hepatitis prevention ...
Oana Săndulescu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A retrospective analysis of 6942 amniocentesis cases

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Objective The aim of the present study was to advance the understanding of prenatal diagnostic strategies by systematically analyzing gestational age, duration of pregnancy, clinical indications for prenatal testing, and the prevalence of chromosomal ...
Qingsha An   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Noninvasive prenatal testing in the general obstetric population: clinical performance and counseling considerations in over 85000 cases

open access: yesРепродуктивная эндокринология, 2017
The article contains the results of the research, which set two main goals. The first is the determination of the actual indicators of the effectiveness of noninvasive prenatal studies and the development of counseling tools about the predictability of a
P. A. Taneja   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Informatics-based, highly accurate, noninvasive prenatal paternity testing

open access: yesGenetics in Medicine, 2013
The aim of the study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of an informatics-based, noninvasive, prenatal paternity test using array-based single-nucleotide polymorphism measurements of cell-free DNA isolated from maternal plasma.Blood samples were taken from 21 adult pregnant women (with gestational ages between 6 and 21 weeks), and a genetic sample
Ryan, Allison   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

A review of evidence on non-invasive prenatal diagnosis (NIPD) : tests for fetal RHD genotype [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This report concentrates on three main areas. First and foremost, we set the background context for RhD NIPD in prenatal care. While the methodology chapter describes how the literature review was carried out and how additional information was collected,
Clay, Diane   +5 more
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EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENETIC COUNSELORS’ IMPLICIT ATTITUDES TOWARD DISABILITY AND THEIR PRACTICE METHODS [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Genetic counselors serve as a link between the medical community and the disability community as they are regularly the first exposure families have following a new diagnosis in a pregnancy, infant or child.
Gould, Helen W
core   +1 more source

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