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The article enhances nurses' understanding of the role of genomics in nursing practice and explains its benefits in healthcare practice. Topics discussed are benefits of pharmacogenomics relating to the liver enzyme CYP2D6 which is a part of the cytochrome P450 2D6 family, genomics infrastructure, the need to educate nurses and support the development of knowledge and skills related to genomics, ethical aspects of genomics and prenatal screening for genetic conditions.

The article offers the author's insights on managing expectant families who will be having a child with a cleft lip. The author cites his experience of prenatal counseling wherein he found many uncertainties as to be reassuring and realistic at the same time. She cites the importance of patients having an informed consent prior to conducting prenatal tests for them to make informed decisions.

The article discusses the recommendation by researchers that guidelines set by the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecologists concerning miscarriage should be updated to include a criteria for a repeat scan to avoid the risk of misdiagnosis and termination of viable pregnancies.

This section reports on the launch of healthcare services including the TeenageCancer Trust's nursing and support services in Scotland, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's guideline on road crossings, and a safe test for Down's syndrome for pregnant women in Wales.

The author considers antenatal screening for Down's syndrome and the sensitive cell-free DNA screening called non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) as having the right to individual informed choice. She points out the problem with the hypothesis of the NIPT program regarding a woman's choice to terminate her pregnancy and the potential implication of her decision for the Down's syndrome community. She stresses the role health professionals in caring and providing support for pregnant women.

The article offers information on the three interventions to prevent and control sexually transmitted infections (STIs). It mentions that strengthening partner notification, delivering STI prevention vaccines, and implementing antenatal syphilis screening has been proposed for increasing STI control. It notes that the use of information technology has the potential of improving many aspects of STI control.

Building an integrated midwifery service offering women choice was an eight-year labour of love for Lynne Leyshon, writes Lynne Pearce. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Far from being a joyous time, for many women pregnancy is associated with stress, according to recent research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities is working on better antenatal screening information for health professionals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the acquisition of Ariosa Diagnostics, molecular diagnostics testing services provider, by health-care company Roche and the acquisition will focus on noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT).

The article informs that an American integrated systems manufacturer Illumina has signed a deal with China's Berry Genomics to expand its next-generation sequencing technology for noninvasive prenatal testing in overseas market.

The article discusses research which was reported in the article "Maternal and Fetal Risk Factors for Stillbirth: Population Based Study" by J. Gardosi et al., was reported in the "British Medical Journal" and found that the rate of stillbirth could be reduced by focusing on fetal growth restriction.

The article presents information on the findings of the researchers of the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington that fetal deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) obtained from the mother's plasma can help in whole-genome sequencing and identification of point mutations in the genome of the unborn child.

The article reports that Sequenom Inc. has dismissed its president and chief executive officer Harry Stylli, and senior vice president of research and development (R&D) Elizabeth Dragon. It notes that the dismissals were made following an investigation which revealed that the data and results related to the development of Trisomy 21 prenatal test of Sequenom were inconsistent and erroneous. It adds that Sequenom has also received resignations of its chief financial officer and another employee.

The author presents information regarding the genetic nature of CHARGE syndrome, presenting data associating the syndrome with specific instances of gene mutation. The risk of recurrence is explored, including information about the reliability of prenatal diagnosis through chorionic villus sampling.

Summarizes research and scientific reports from nursing and medical journals as of September 22, 2003. Urine collection pad for improving diagnosis of urinary tract infection in children; Integration of infection screening program into antenatal care to reduce rate of preterm births and late miscarriages; Finding that Vitamin E lowers incidence of colds in older people.