University of California, Hastings College of the Law UC Hastings Scholarship Repository Faculty Scholarship 2011 And Genetic Testing for All . The ominC g Revolution in NonInvasive Prenatal Genetic Testing Jaime S. King UC Hastings College of the Law,
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[email protected]. AND GENETIC TESTING FOR ALL... THE COMING REVOLUTION IN NON-INVASIVE PRENATAL GENETIC TESTING Jaime S. King* For thousands of years, expecting parents have daydreamed of being able to know about their children before their birth. Over the last thirty years, reproductive genetics and assisted reproductive technology (ART) have made significant strides toward fulfilling this desire. A steady stream of technical advances including prenatal screening, invasive prenatal diagnosis, sperm and egg donation, sperm sorting for gender selection, in vitro fertilization, and preimplantation genetic diagnosis have sought to give parents more information about and control over their reproductive practices. However, each of these technologies has significant drawbacks that limit its use to either a very small population or a small number of conditions. As a result, their overall impact on reproduction has been equally limited.' Everything is about to change.