Non-Invasive Prenatal Test
NICE® is a non-invasive prenatal test which detects a fetal DNA in maternal plasma for the pregnancy period by Next Generation Sequencing (NGS).
Test
Advantages
Available after 10 weeks pregnant
Safe and easy test with maternal blood
Over 99% detection rate
The first trisomy 9, 16, 22 and microdeletion detection in Korea
Other prenatal tests are available after mid pregnant and its accurate rate is lower. Also, diagnostic tests such as amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling are invasive method and have the risk of miscarriage. For this, many feel afraid.
On the other hand, NICE® is safe using maternal blood without the risk of miscarriage or rupture of membrane caused by invasive prenatal test and accurate with over 99% detection rate.
