DIRECT RELIEF INTERNATIONAL LAUNCHES MASSIVE MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH PROGRAM TO IMPROVE CARE FOR 60,000 EXPECTANT WOMEN SANTA BARBARA, Calif., April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/

In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting ™, in Dallas, Texas, researchers will report findings that indicate that massively parallel sequencing can be used to diagnose fetal aneuploidies, including Down syndrome, Edwards syndrome, Patau syndrome and Turner syndrome.

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sequenom, Inc.

PHOENIX, Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 4 million women give birth in the U.S.

A new DNA-based prenatal blood test that can strikingly reduce the number of risky diagnostic procedures needed to identify a pregnancy with Down syndrome is ready to be introduced into clinical practice.