BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, and GENNET, a center for genetics, fetal medicine and assisted reproduction, jointly announced that they have entered a collaborative agreement on non-invasive fetal trisomy (NIFTY) test with the aim to significantly improve reproductive health in Czech and Slovak Republics. The agreement was signed by Dr. Ning Li, Director of BGI Europe and Ing. Milos Andel, Executive Officer from GENNET.
Fetal chromosomal aneuploidy disease is one of the most common birth defects. Unfortunately, there is no effective method to cure this disease, but the key is to prevent by prenatal testing. NIFTY is a blood-based aneuploidy test that analyzes fetal DNA in maternal blood to detect chromosomal Trisomy by next-generation sequencing. It is a non-invasive screening test requiring only a 5ml blood sample from pregnant women at 12 weeks or later, and it provides highly accurate and reliable prenatal test results for Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome), Trisomy 13 (Patau Syndrome), and Trisomy 18 (Edwards Syndrome).
Under the partnership, GENNET will offer the regional knowledge and distribution network. BGI will provide the genomic platform as well as sequencing and bioinformatics expertise. The combination of two organizations' advantages will efficiently detect fetal chromosomal abnormalities in pregnant women and improve reproductive health in Czech and Slovak Republics and other European countries.
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