How does non invasive prenatal testing work?
Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is basically a screening of a fetus to check any genetic abnormality in it. This process involves analyzing of small fragments of DNA in the blood of a pregnant woman. These DNA are also called as cfDNA or cell free DNA because of their property of free flowing in blood unlike of other DNA which reside inside the nucleus of cell. The fragments of cfDNA are around 200 in numbers. They arise from the dead cells and break down into the blood of human body. CfDNAare also come out from the placenta of a pregnant woman. […]
