Sentences with phrase «detect sickle cell»
«We may be able to use it to detect sickle cells.»
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As early as the first trimester, doctors can take a sample of placental tissue (chorionic villus sampling, or CVS) to detect whether a baby has the genes that would lead to sickle cell anemia or sickle cell trait.
Some other abnormalities that can be detected from these special tests include Down Syndrome, Turners» Syndrome, Tay - Sachs disease, sickle cell anemia, Edwards Syndrome.
Over the next few years, similar maternal blood tests could detect hundreds of diseases caused by chromosome abnormalities or mutations, including cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia, Tay - Sachs disease, and genetic deafness and blindness.
Despite universal newborn screening that detects the presence of sickle cell trait (SCT), only 16 percent of Americans with SCT know their status.