Noninvasive blood tests for fetal development predict gestational age and preterm delivery

Author:

Ngo Thuy T. M.1ORCID,Moufarrej Mira N.1ORCID,Rasmussen Marie-Louise H.2ORCID,Camunas-Soler Joan1ORCID,Pan Wenying1ORCID,Okamoto Jennifer1,Neff Norma F.1ORCID,Liu Keli3,Wong Ronald J.4ORCID,Downes Katheryne5ORCID,Tibshirani Robert36ORCID,Shaw Gary M.4ORCID,Skotte Line2ORCID,Stevenson David K.4,Biggio Joseph R.7ORCID,Elovitz Michal A.5ORCID,Melbye Mads28ORCID,Quake Stephen R.1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Departments of Bioengineering and Applied Physics, Stanford University and Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

2. Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen 2300, Denmark.

3. Department of Statistics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

4. Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

5. Maternal and Child Health Research Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.

6. Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

7. Center for Women’s Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.

8. Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

Abstract

Toward more predictable birthdays Low-cost methods for monitoring fetal development could improve prenatal care, especially in low-resource settings. By measuring the levels of certain placental RNA transcripts in maternal blood, Ngo et al. developed two noninvasive blood tests that provide a window into the progression of individual pregnancies. In a small proof-of-concept study, the first blood test predicted fetal age and delivery date with an accuracy comparable to that of ultrasound. The second blood test, also examined in a small pilot study, discriminated women at risk of preterm delivery from those who delivered at full term. The next step will be to assess the reliability of the tests in large, blinded clinical trials. Science , this issue p. 1133

Funder

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

March of Dimes Foundation

Chan Zuckerberg Biohub

March of Dimes Prematurity Initiative

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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