#225 Fetal Antigen Noninvasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) with BillionToOne

Last episode we learned about non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) for recessive conditions through BillionToOne’s UNITY Screen. Jen Hoskovec, Senior Director of Medical Affairs at BillionToOne, is back for this episode where we are exploring NIPT for fetal antigen. Jen is BillionToOne’s Senior Director of Medical Affairs.

Jennifer Hoskovec, MS, CGC,  joined BillionToOne as the Senior Director of Medical Affairs in July 2020. As a certified genetic counselor with over 17 years of clinical experience, Jen is committed to ensuring patients and providers are supported and educated about the options and utility of prenatal testing. Jen joined BillionToOne after 17 years as a prenatal genetic counselor at UTHealth where she led a team of genetic counselors providing patient care in MFM clinics across the city of Houston. Jen has extensive volunteer and leadership experience within national societies such as American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and National Society of Genetic Counselors. She served as president of NSGC in 2014. Jen earned her MS in genetic counseling from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston and her Bachelor of Science in Biology with a minor in Chemistry from Truman State University.

On This Episode We Discuss:

Antigens

Which antigens are screened for in UNITY

Alloimmunization and who is at risk

Why learning fetal antigens is useful during a pregnancy

Prevalence of and risks associated with HDFN

Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn 

Sensitivity and specificity of UNITY Screen’s NIPT for fetal antigen

The minimum gestational week blood for this test can be collected

How providers can order both the UNITY for recessive conditions and fetal antigen

The average turnaround time for these tests

Learn more about UNITY Screen’s novel fetal antigen NIPT and the genetic conditions and fetal antigens on UNITY Screen NIPT at these links.

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