Moving Prenatal Screening and Liquid Biopsy Forward
Shifting the Paradigm of Prenatal Screening
The name of our non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT) is appropriately called “UNITY” as it brings together fetal screening for aneuploidies and recessive conditions. It also represents uniting pregnant patients in more equitable care.
UNITY Screen™ is the only commercially available non-invasive prenatal screen that assesses fetal risk for aneuploidies, recessive conditions, and fetal antigens from a maternal blood draw at 10+ weeks into pregnancy. We are able to quantify the tiny DNA changes floating in cell-free DNA using our molecular counting technology.
UNITY does not require a paternal blood sample to assess fetal risk, supporting more equitable care and enabling more pregnancies at risk to be affected with recessive conditions to be identified early in pregnancy as compared to traditional carrier screening.
Uncovering What’s Possible for Liquid Biopsy
Northstar Select™ and Northstar Response™ are liquid biopsy tests are now available for commercial use. Learn more on the Northstar product website.
Therapy Selection
The Northstar Select™ provides a prioritized list of mutations that are present in the tumor. The types of mutations detected include deletions, insertions, and point-mutations. At the same time, it helps rule-in / rule-out relationship of mutations to drugs and provides an accurate read on the covered genes.
Details
- Broad genomic coverage
- Low limit of detection
Therapy Response
The Northstar Response™ provides longitudinal determination of cancer burden via methylation assessment.
Details
- Multi cancer methylation signature (nucleotides are methylated in specific locations in cancers)
- Quantification of changes in tumor burden enabled by our molecular counting technology
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