At Tokuda Hospital in Sofia was presented the latest genetic testing in prenatal diagnosis.
Latest biomedical innovation in prenatal care for expectant mothers called Prenatest. This is the first non-invasive prenatal test in Bulgaria. Unlike other Prenatal tests Prenatest analyze the DNA of the fetus without the manipulation of the body of the mother and fetus.
The study gives as early safest information about the most common forms of chromosomal abnormalities in the fetus: trisomy 21, 18 and 13 - Down syndrome, Edwards syndrome and Patau syndrome. Subjecting Prenatest can be done by the 9th week of gestation and accuracy of the results is 99%.
Europe territory test is licensed by the German company Layfkodeks. He carries CE mark, making it the only certified genetic testing of third generation - non-invasive prenatal test within the European Union.
Breaking study was developed based on the discovery that the blood of a pregnant woman circulating DNA of the baby. This DNA is extracellular or free. Test its patented technology that isolated from maternal blood free fetal DNA and makes it possible for her research. Blood samples were transported to the laboratory Layfkodeks in Germany, where it is subjected to high-tech genetic analysis.