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- Good Start Genetics, Inc. Raises $18 Million to Develop and Launch Sequencing-Based Pre-Pregnancy Genetic Screening Test.
BOSTON -- Good Start Genetics, Inc., today announced the completion of an $18 million Series A financing. The proceeds of this financing will be used ...
- Business Wire
- September 10, 2010
- Dimensions of Equality in Regulating Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Introduction. II. Equality Of Access To Arts. A. Access Inequality Based on Participant Status.B. Access Inequality Based on Insurance Coverage and Finances . C. Issues in Responding to Access Inequality.IV. Issues Of Social Inequality Raised By Trait Selection Practices .A. Trait Selection Practices Today.B. Trait Selection Practices on the Horizon. V. Conclusion

... 1 By contrast, critics of surrogacy, or pregnancy contracts, in the 1980s and 1990s often warned tha... study suggests the role that provider screening may play in creating inequities in access to ARTs.... concerns may loom even larger when genetic enhancement technologies become a reality. . . ....
- The Journal of Gender, Race & Justice
- Nbr. 9-2, January 2006
- Early Prenatal Genetic Screening Available at Blue Hill Memorial Hospital
BLUE HILL, Maine -- Blue Hill Memorial Hospital now has a state- of-the-art screening for pregnant women to gauge of risk for genetic abnormalities in the first trimester of pregnancy. Kristin Petros recently was certified to conduct the ultrasound portion of this test by the Nuchal Translucency Quality Review Committee. The imaging portion of this prenatal test can help doctors and midwives assess a baby's risk of having Down syndrome and other chromosomal abnormalities, as well as major congenital heart problems. The screening test does not involve radiation, causes no discomfort and is not invasive. It does require an ultrasound and typically a blood draw. The results take approximately one week and are reported to the health care provider who is caring for the mother and baby during...
- Bangor Daily News
- May 22, 2012

- Women to Watch / Owen Phillips -- Doctor Finds Getting Close to Families Works Wonders
Dr. Owen Phillips' desire to make a difference in the lives of this city's neediest runs deep. When I look at the health problems of the underserved of this community, one-on-one patient relationships aren't going to help me make the difference I want to make," Phillips said. "I do this by getting intimately involved with families.

... pathology laboratory maternal serum screening program and specializes in genetic counseling, pre... of genetic disorders and recurrent pregnancy loss. The list of honors earned in her profession ...
- The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
- May 28, 2012
- New Center Gives Parents Piece of Mind
Pregnancy is a time of joy and wonder for most women and their families. Sometimes concerns regarding the health of the developing baby or the mother's own medical issues may create some anxiety. Recent advances in the field of maternal and fetal medicine are being used to address these concerns.

... will offer the latest pregnancy and genetic screening and diagnostic ultrasound testing for wo...
- Maryland Gazette
- October 22, 2009
- Counsyl Test to Prevent Diseases Like Those in 'Extraordinary Measures' Now at 100+ Medical Centers.
Free with Insurance, New Pre-Pregnancy Test Saves Lives While Dramatically Cutting Healthh Care Costs . STANFORD, Calif. -- Genetic diseases like those seen in the new Harrison Ford ...This test is the future of genetic screening." . Dr. Ian Hardy, Medical Director of Fertility C...
- Business Wire
- January 22, 2010
- Huntington's Disease a Life-and-Death Coin Toss for Family
By Elizabeth Simpson The Virginian-Pilot

... Her daughter Laurie sat silently before a genetic counselor. Marie stood next to her, holding Laurie...A psychological screening follows to make sure you can handle the news of a ... genetic disorders that may occur during pregnancy, such as Down syndrome or spina bifida. Newborn sc...
- The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
- December 08, 2010
- 3rd Croatian Conference On Alcoholism and Other Addictions: 7th Alpe-Adria Conference On Alcoholism/3. Hrvatska Konferencija O Alkoholizmu I Drugim Ovisnostima: 7. Alpe-Jadran Konferencija O Alkoholizmu
... dependence is an illness, namely the (genetic predisposed) disease of the brain. This knowledge ... parts of human life, from a mother's pregnancy to the postnatal period continuing on to adolescen...Methods: Using the Michigan Alcohol Screening Test, we have tested 15 ICD- 10 criteria for alcoh...
- Alcoholism
- Nbr. 44, September 2008
- Informed consent or institutionalized eugenics? How the medical profession encourages abortion of fetuses with down syndrome.
... informed consent before undergoing genetic testing and abortion, and the failure of non-direc... before and during the genetic screening, diagnostic testing, and abortion decision-making ... for Down Syndrome continue the pregnancy and about half abort. (14) She gives several reaso...
- Issues in Law & Medicine
- Vol. 24 Nbr. 1, June 2008
- Regulating nutrigenetic tests: an international comparative analysis.
...Craig Venter, a pioneering genetics researcher, was released to the world. (1) This ac... types of genetic tests, such as genetic screening in pregnancy) and only a handful (29 individuals, ...
- Health Law Review
- Vol. 16 Nbr. 3, June 2008