Blood test to detect fetal disease

Diseases related to genes, sometimes only have an effect on each gender: For boys, muscular dystrophy, for girls is congenital adrenal hypertrophy .

British scientists, on September 18, said: "The study was conducted with more than 70 women in early pregnancy, and found that blood testing in the 7th week of pregnancy could determine the sex of the child." at the same time can detect the disease in the fetus. This is especially meaningful for women born in family or husband's families who have genetic diseases.

Early detection will enable them to have timely interventions and can reduce the risk of the disease by 50% when the child is born. This new method helps pregnant women determine the sex of the fetus earlier than the old method of ultrasound or a cell test. The results of this scientific study will be published in detail at the conference on genes taking place in the UK in the near future.

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