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New RAPID publications on NIPD for single gene disorders

Three new publications from the RAPID team highlight the diversity  read more...

Fetal molecular karyotyping using cffDNA

A new paper from Srinivasan et al in the USA has shown that  read more...

RAPID Meeting November 1st 2012

A RAPID Dissemination Meeting will be held at the UCL  read more...

New RAPID Publication

A new publication from the RAPID team describes work led  read more...

New RAPID publication focused on ethics of NIPD for aneuploidy

A new paper published by the RAPID team examines the  read more...

non invasive prenatal testing

Noninvasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) is a new technology that allows women to have prenatal testing for some genetic and chromosomal conditions from a simple blood test.

We have produced a series of e-learning sessions for different types of health professionals involved with offering, administering and delivering the results of NIPT. Visit our training page for more information.

What is the RAPID project?

RAPID (Reliable Accurate Prenatal non-Invasive Diagnosis) is a 5 year UK national programme funded by the National Institute for Health Research. The aim of the research programme is to improve the quality of NHS prenatal diagnostic services by evaluating early non-invasive prenatal diagnosis. You can find out more about the project on the about us page.


(Coming soon) NIPT training for midwives


(Coming soon) NIPT training for fetal medicine specialists

We have been working in collaboration with the National Genetics Education and Development Centre to develop a range of resources, including this website.

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