Study Shows Sequencing All 24 Chromosomes Reveals Rare Disorders

August 31, 2017

(UPI) – Researchers at the National Institutes of Health recommend extending noninvasive prenatal testing to all 24 human chromosomes to detect genetic disorders. The standard method of genomic testing performed during pregnancy targets extra copies of chromosomes 21, 18 and 13 but rarely includes all 24 human chromosomes.