What is the non-invasive prenatal testing NIFTY by GenePlanet?
It is a simple, safe and very accurate prenatal test (NIPT), with which you can check if your baby is at risk of having some of the most common chromosomal abnormalities, such as Down syndrome, Edwards, Patau and others.
During pregnancy, the mother’s blood contains both her own DNA and that of the fetus. The test only requires a small sample of blood from the mother. Over 10 million mothers have already trusted the NIFTY test and went through their pregnancy with one less worry.
The test utilises whole genome sequencing technology.
What are the advantages of NIFTY by GenePlanet, compared to other methods?
- Available from the 10th week of pregnancy
- Suitable for every woman – regardless of age or predetermined genetic risk. Also suitable for twin pregnancies, pregnancies from IVF or egg donation and for women with a history of recurrent miscarriages.
- There is no risk of miscarriage as with invasive methods
- Over 99% sensitivity and specificity for detecting the most common trisomies
- Most accurate among prenatal screening methods, especially when combined with a cervical smear test
- The largest clinical validation study in the world
- It can also reveal the baby’s gender.
What can we examine with NIFTY by GenePlanet?
Each cell in our body contains 46 chromosomes arranged in 23 pairs, half inherited from the mother and the other half from the father: 22 non-sex chromosome pairs (autosomal) and 1 pair of sex chromosomes.
NIFTY by GenePlanet checks all 46 of the baby’s chromosomes and allows testing for:
- Abnormalities in the number of chromosomes: Aneuploidy
- MONOSOMY: a single copy of a chromosome instead of the usual pair
- TRISOMY: three copies of a chromosome instead of the usual pair. Among the most common: • Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) • Trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome) • Trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome)
- Abnormalities in the structure of chromosomes
- Increased risk of advanced maternal age
- Deletion: Loss of part of the chromosome DUPLICATION: Duplication of part of the chromosome
How many Packages are there for the non-invasive NIFTY Prenatal screening?
* In case you select the random findings. Random findings include all other deletions and duplications for more than 5M base pairs. In the case of the PRO package, 92 syndromes greater than 3M base pairs.
** For twin pregnancies, the PRO package is available without sex chromosome aneuploidies.
*** Y chromosome detection for twin pregnancies