Comments on: Sequenom May Spot Single-Gene Birth Defects, like Cystic Fibrosis, in a Sample of Mother’s Blood http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2008/11/24/sequenom-may-spot-single-gene-birth-defects-like-cystic-fibrosis-in-a-sample-of-mothers-blood/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:25:59 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: olga vaughn http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2008/11/24/sequenom-may-spot-single-gene-birth-defects-like-cystic-fibrosis-in-a-sample-of-mothers-blood/comment-page-1/#comment-41047 olga vaughn Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:02:18 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=6457#comment-41047 Being the mother of a child with cystic fibrosis I could see the benefit of prenatal screening, it would have helped prepare me to take care of his condition immediately and not a year later when he would be diagnosed. How much more beneficial would that information be if there would be fetal care or treatment. Sadly that is not the case. Instead it is creating anxiety for prostpective parents and new choices, pressures and "cultural pressures" to not carry the baby full term Unfortunately at this point the information is unuseable and detrimental. It is with great remorse that the number of full term pregnancies of babies with cystic fibrosis who are diagnosed in utero are terminated at a rate of 90%. Being the mother of a child with cystic fibrosis I could see the benefit of prenatal screening, it would have helped prepare me to take care of his condition immediately and not a year later when he would be diagnosed.

How much more beneficial would that information be if there would be fetal care or treatment. Sadly that is not the case.
Instead it is creating anxiety for prostpective parents and new choices, pressures and “cultural pressures” to not carry the baby full term

Unfortunately at this point the information is unuseable and detrimental.

It is with great remorse that the number of full term pregnancies of babies with cystic fibrosis who are diagnosed in utero are terminated at a rate of 90%.

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