Prenatal whole-genome sequencing--is the quest to know a fetus's future ethical?
@article{Yurkiewicz2014PrenatalWS, title={Prenatal whole-genome sequencing--is the quest to know a fetus's future ethical?}, author={Ilana R. Yurkiewicz and Bruce R Korf and Lisa Soleymani Lehmann}, journal={The New England journal of medicine}, year={2014}, volume={370 3}, pages={ 195-7 } }
Researchers have reported sequencing a fetal genome from cell-free fetal DNA in a pregnant woman's blood, heralding the possibility of performing whole-genome sequencing as early as the first trimester of pregnancy. This innovation raises ethical and policy questions.
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