Posted on 09/07/2015 1:41:17 AM PDT by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Pregnancy Test That Can Predict Down Syndrome, Miscarriage, And Twins May Be Available In Just 2 Years
The days of wondering what to expect when you’re expecting may soon be over. Researchers in the UK are working on eliminating much of the mystery surrounding pregnancies by developing a mail-in test that can predict everything from whether or not a couple is having twins to if an unborn child may have Down syndrome, using nothing more than a urine sample.
MAP Diagnostics is the company behind the first-of-its-kind pregnancy test that would reveal intricate details of both a mother and child’s health months before the actual due date, Smithsonian reported. The test, known as the MAP test, was originally developed to analyze proteins in a mother’s urine to predict chances of having an aneuploid pregnancy, or a pregnancy in which the child has an abnormal number of chromosomes in his cells (the cause of Down syndrome ). The Telegraph reported that the technique is similar to that used in IVF when screening for the best embryo to implant.
However, according to the company’s website, the researchers soon realized that the same technology used to predict Down syndrome could be used to predict other conditions, including: preeclampsia, hyperemesis gravidarum, ectopic pregnancies, gestational diabetes, assisted reproduction, intrauterine growth restriction, and gestational cancer.
According to MAP’s founder and chief scientific officer, Stephen Butler, this ultimate pregnancy test would provide expectant parents with more accurate test results than those currently available. “What we’re trying to do is create more information so people can make better decisions,” Butler explained, as reported by Smithsonian.
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When such tests can predict a high propensity towards homosexuality, stopping abortions will suddenly be of interest to the Progs.
That assumes the holy grail of progressivism, the Gay Gene, exists. Until then it’s the no-no word to them... a CHOICE.
Wanna bet? They wake too much money and they are way too greedy.
Remember the CEO of StemExpress? Remember she needed 50 livers a week? You really think she cares if it came from a gay baby? She doesn’t. She wants her expensive car too.
This sounds very pie-in-the-sky to me. It’s as if they were promising a urine test that diagnosed pregnancy complications, lung cancer, male-pattern baldness, compound fractures, and toenail fungus, all for the low price of $19.99 prepaid!!!
It’s nice that researchers are working on easier and less-invasive ways to diagnose a variety conditions for everyone. If they could test a stool sample to diagnose colon cancer, for example, I wouldn’t need a colonoscopy.
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