{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Liehr T"],"funding":["State Committee of the Republic of Armenia"],"pagination":["2816"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9689121"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["12(11)"],"pubmed_abstract":["In the short 10 years following the introduction of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), it has been adapted in many countries around the world as a standard screening test. In this review, this development was analyzed with a special focus on Germany. As a result, it can be stated that all known advantages of NIPT apart from \"compensating for having no access to centers offering invasive diagnostics\" are valid for Germany. In addition, following a review of the international literature, all documented issues with NIPT are also observed in Germany. However, the German Gene Diagnostics Act (GenDG) addresses a number of these issues, for example, the regulations by GenDG hamper induced abortions, based exclusively on an abnormal NIPT result. At the same time, GenDG has created new problems,"],"journal":["Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)"],"pubmed_title":["Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing in Germany."],"pmcid":["PMC9689121"],"funding_grant_id":["SC RA #21AG-1F068"],"pubmed_authors":["Liehr T","Williams H","Harutyunyan T","Weise A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing in Germany.","description":"In the short 10 years following the introduction of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), it has been adapted in many countries around the world as a standard screening test. In this review, this development was analyzed with a special focus on Germany. As a result, it can be stated that all known advantages of NIPT apart from \"compensating for having no access to centers offering invasive diagnostics\" are valid for Germany. In addition, following a review of the international literature, all documented issues with NIPT are also observed in Germany. However, the German Gene Diagnostics Act (GenDG) addresses a number of these issues, for example, the regulations by GenDG hamper induced abortions, based exclusively on an abnormal NIPT result. At the same time, GenDG has created new problems,","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Nov","modification":"2025-04-19T00:35:39.122Z","creation":"2025-04-07T11:40:17.869Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9689121","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36428876"],"doi":["10.3390/diagnostics12112816"]}}