Chorionic villus sampling is a prenatal diagnostic test performed for prenatal genetic testing involving a biopsy of placental tissue between 10 to 13 weeks gestation. The tissue harvested is the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Testing for genetic defects early in pregnancy through chorionic villus sampling, or CVS, does not appear to raise the risk of fetal loss. CVS involves using a needle to ...

Prenatal genetic testing determines if an offspring is at risk of genetic or hereditary conditions. This can inform the parents of decisions such as keeping the child or not or adjusting to help them ...

RRS1, a ribosome-biogenesis factor previously linked to tumor growth, is now shown to be indispensable for normal human ...

I didn't think much about placentas until I had one and part of it dislodged halfway through a 4-mile run. Happily it ended well some months later with a "small for gestational age" tiny baby and a ...

The diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy requires differentiating it from a viable intrauterine pregnancy. This is done with the use of ß-human chorionic gonadotropin levels (ß-hCG), transvaginal ultrasound ...