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Cell karyotype exhibiting trisomy

A conceptual image of a cell karyotype exhibiting trisomy, three copies of one chromosome.

 

Extending noninvasive prenatal screening to all 24 human chromosomes can detect genetic disorders that may explain miscarriage and abnormalities during pregnancy, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions.

 

More information: www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/sequencing-all-24-h...

 

Credit: Darryl Leja, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH

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Uploaded on September 1, 2017