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July 4, 2012 05:27 pm PDT

A child's genome, in a drop of mom's blood

"For the second time in a month, scientists have announced that a simple blood test, rather than more invasive tests such as amniocentesis, can determine a fetus's genetic make-up, identifying mutations causing any of about 3,000 inherited disorders that arise from a glitch in a single gene, such as cystic fibrosis." (Reuters)


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