UNDERSTANDING THE NIPT
Here we’ll guide you through the Future Health Non-Invasive Prenatal Test (NIPT) including, how it works, the conditions it screens for and the scientific terms we use.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
The Future Health NIPT analyses the blood of someone who is 10 weeks or more into pregnancy. It checks the cell-free DNA released by the placenta, that circulates during pregnancy, attempting to measure the number of copies present for certain chromosomes. The Future Health NIPT utilises the latest next-generation sequencing technology.
WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING
CE-IVD marked workflow
Automated
STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY
Yourgene IONA NIPT system
Illumina NextSeq550Dx
(next-generation sequencing)
NIPT CONDITIONS SCREENED FOR
The Future Health NIPT, NIPT+ and NIPT+ with Microdeletions screen for trisomies 21, 18 and 13: Down’s, Edwards’, and Patau’s syndromes.
The Future Health NIPT+ screens for aneuploidies in all 22 autosomal chromosomes.
The NIPT+ with Microdeletions screens all 22 autosomal chromosomes and 6 microdeletion syndromes.
With Future Health NIPT, NIPT+ or NIPT+ with Microdeletions, you can choose to also screen your baby’s sex chromosomes. As well as discovering their gender, it can determine if there could be a condition associated with chromosome 23.
TRISOMY 13 PATAU’S SYNDROME
TRISOMY 18 EDWARDS’ SYNDROME
TRISOMY 21 DOWN’S SYNDROME
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UNDERSTANDING SCIENTIFIC TERMS
The nature of this screening means you’ll come across many scientific terms. We’ve put together this handy glossary to explain them.
An invasive test offered in pregnancy to diagnose some genetic or chromosomal conditions.
DNA fragments found free-floating in blood, unlike most DNA which is found inside the nucleus of a cell. The cfDNA from the placenta is analysed during the NIPT.
The presence of extra or missing chromosomes within a human cell.
The fraction of all DNA circulating in a pregnant woman’s blood that originates from the foetus. Expressed as a percentage. The percentage is usually high enough from 10 weeks gestation.
Finds changes or differences in genes that can cause or lead to certain conditions.
One of the two possible results of the Future Health NIPT. This indicates that your baby may have one of the conditions screened for.
One of the two possible results of the Future Health NIPT. This indicates that your baby is not displaying any of the chromosomal aneuploidies screened for, and a diagnosis for them is unlikely.
A twin pregnancy whereby the babies share the same placenta.
The probability that a patient with a positive result actually has the condition.
The ability of the screening to correctly identify patients without the condition screened for.
The ability of the screening to correctly identify patients with a condition screened for.
A condition caused by an extra copy of a chromosome in all cell nuclei. The condition is specific to the identity of the extra chromosome.
BOOKING YOUR FUTURE HEALTH NIPT
We work with carefully selected clinics and healthcare professionals throughout the country.
To find your nearest clinic or healthcare professional please contact our customer care team on 70005565 or email info@futurehealth.com.cy and they’ll be happy to advise.
