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By optimizing the laboratory process, we were able to significantly reduce the failure rate of the Harmony® test. An NIPT without a result often causes uncertainty among pregnant women and in many cases leads to further – usually invasive – clarification. A low rate of non-evaluable tests is therefore an important quality criteria for a […]

In a recent study, published in February 2023 in Prenatal Diagnosis, we investigated in collaboration with Prof. Kagan (University Women’s Hospital Tuebingen) the correlation between the screen-positive rate and the fetal fraction (proportion of cell-free fetal DNA) when screening for microdeletion 22q11.2 (DiGeorge syndrome). We analyzed own data from more than 50,000 singleton pregnancies. The