Placental growth factor (PlGF) What is PlGF and why is it important? Placental growth factor (PlGF) is a protein-coding gene that plays a key role in angiogenesis and vasculogenesis, in particular during embryogenesis. Angiogenesis is the development of new blood [...]

Pre-eclampsia Act early! Screen early! May is Pre-eclampsia awareness month and 22nd May is World Pre-eclampsia Day More than 4.1 million women world-wide suffer from pre-eclampsia every year. What is pre-eclampsia? Pre-eclampsia is a pregnancy related disorder.  High blood [...]

IBD and IBS What's the difference? It is often difficult to differentiate patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) from those who suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) due to similar symptoms of patients.  Both groups show similar non-specific symptoms [...]

Irritable Bowel Syndrome Did you know that April is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month? Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a condition that affects the function and behaviour of the intestines.  It is synonymous with ‘leaky gut’ or ‘spastic [...]

Trisomy-18 March is Trisomy awareness month What is trisomy? Most people have 23 pairs of chromosomes, for a total of 46 chromosomes total.  A baby gets 23 chromosomes from the mother’s egg and 23 from the father’s sperm. Trisomy [...]

Early detection of complications in pregnancyFebruary marks pregnancy awareness week.First trimester biomarker testing reduces unnecessary invasive testsWhat is prenatal screening?Prenatal screening tests are methods to obtain more information about the risks of certain birth defects, e.g., chromosomal abnormalities (aneuploidies) for [...]