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Dr. Diana Bianchi on Detecting Maternal Cancer with Cell-Free DNA

Dr. Diana Bianchi on Detecting Maternal Cancer with Cell-Free DNA

Update: 2025-05-28
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Dr. Diana Bianchi, a former March of Dimes Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Award winner, discusses the ability of prenatal testing to detect maternal cancer, her discovery of microchimerism, a potential prenatal therapeutic for Down syndrome, and whether the subjects in Vermeer's paintings were pregnant. This episode was recorded March 4, 2025. As of the episode air date in May 2025, Dr. Bianchi no longer held the position of director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).

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Dr. Diana Bianchi on Detecting Maternal Cancer with Cell-Free DNA

Dr. Diana Bianchi on Detecting Maternal Cancer with Cell-Free DNA