Non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT)

The Harmony® test is a non-invasive prenatal test. Cenata GmbH was founded jointly by Labor Enders, CeGaT GmbH and Prof. Dr. Hinrichsen. The Harmony® test reliably detects the most common chromosomal disorders in unborn children.

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Maternal blood already contains not only genetic information of the mother but also genetic information of the child from an early phase of pregnancy. This so-called “cell-free fetal DNA” (cffDNA) can be investigated for the presence of chromosomal disorders in the unborn child (e.g. trisomy 21 – “Down syndrome”) using the Harmony® test. All that is needed is a blood sample from the mother.

Advantages of the Harmony® test

  • excellent detection rate of 99.5% for trisomy 21

  • very low false positive rate of 0.06% for trisomy 21

  • excellent clinical validation, e.g. the to date biggest clinical NIPT study with 18,955 patients

  • affordable price

  • short throughput time of average 3 working days

  • Feasibility under heparin treatment

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