[tri-med] Non-Invasive Direct Testing for Trisomy

Well its happened. No longer do women have to undergo amnio's to get a trisomy 
diagnosis and its no longer just a trial. For $700 they can now test the 
mothers blood and correctly identify a trisomy. No amnio risks etc. They expect 
the cost to come down as its used more and when it does it will probably mean 
that they will do away with prenatal screening. If you want a copy of the 
article from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences here is the 
link
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2008/10/03/0808319105.full.pdf+html
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Keep Looking For Rainbows!!
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