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ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Advancements in Prenatal Genetic Screening and Testing: Emerging Technologies and Evolving Applications.

Mona M Makhamreh, Mei Ling Chong, Ignatia B Van den Veyver

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Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Mona M MakhamrehDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7800-4894
Mei Ling ChongDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-9859-3505
Ignatia B Van den VeyverDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advancements in genomic technologies have transformed prenatal genetic testing, offering more accurate, comprehensive, and noninvasive approaches to reproductive care. This review provides an in-depth overview of current methodologies and emerging innovations, including expanded carrier screening (ECS), cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA), and sequencing-based diagnostics. We highlight how next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies have revolutionized carrier screening and fetal genome analysis, enabling detection of a broad spectrum of genetic conditions. The clinical implementation of cfDNA has expanded from common aneuploidies to include copy number variants (CNVs), and single-gene disorders. Diagnostic testing has similarly evolved, with genome sequencing outperforming traditional CMA and exome sequencing through its ability to detect both sequence and structural variants in a single assay. Emerging tools such as optical genome mapping, RNA sequencing, and long-read sequencing further enhance diagnostic yield and variant interpretation. This review summarizes major technological advancements, assesses their clinical utility and limitations, and outlines future directions in prenatal genomics.

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cfDNAgenomicsprenatal genetic testingsequencing

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PMID41153251
PMCPMC12564191

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