not properly formatted . please improve this article by correcting them . september 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message natera type public traded as nasdaq ntra industry genetic testing headquarters san carlos california key people matthew rabinowitz ceo jonathan sheena cto website www.natera.com natera previously gene security network is a genetic testing company that operates a clia certified laboratory in san carlos california . 1 the company specializes in analyzing microscopic quantities of dna for reproductive health indications to provide preconception and prenatal genetic testing services primarily to obgyn physicians and in vitro fertilization centers . 2 in early 2013 the company launched panorama a non invasive prenatal test for pregnant women that screens for the most common chromosomal anomalies in a fetus as early as nine weeks of gestation . 3 other services include tests for preimplantation genetic diagnosis pgd and miscarriage testing to determine the cause of the loss of the pregnancy . 4 a non invasive paternity test based on natera s technology was brought to market in august 2011 through a partnership with dna diagnostics center ddc which holds a license to the technology in the united states . 5 in 2016 dr. susan gross stepped aside as natera s chief medical officer . contents 1 panorama test 2 competition 3 peer reviewed articles 4 references 5 external links panorama test edit natera launched a non invasive prenatal test nipt in february 2013 called panorama that uses an advanced bioinformatics based algorithm to analyze the cell free fetal dna that is found in the mother s blood . panorama detects chromosome abnormalities including trisomy 21 the cause of down syndrome trisomy 18 the cause of edwards syndrome trisomy 13 the cause of patau syndrome sex chromosome abnormalities triploidy and certain microdeletions as early as the first trimester of pregnancy . 6 7 8 a clinical study evaluating natera s nipt is funded by the national institutes of health and is currently ongoing . competition edit companies also offering non invasive prenatal genetic testing include sequenom ariosa harmony prenatal test ravgen and verinata health . other companies and universities that are working towards developing non invasive prenatal testing include stanford university 9 fluidigm and ikonisys . peer reviewed articles edit nicolaides kh ; et al. oct 10 2013 . prenatal detection of fetal triploidy from cell free dna testing in maternal blood . . fetal diagn ther . 35 3 212 7 . doi 10.1159 000355655 . pmid 24135152 . nicolaides kh ; et al. june 2013 . validation of targeted sequencing of single nucleotide polymorphism for non invasive prenatal detection of aneuploidy of chromosomes 13 18 21 x and y. . prenat diag . 33 6 575 9 . doi 10.1002 pd .4103 . pmid 23613152 . samango sprouse c ; et al. july 2013 . snp based non invasive prenatal testing detects sex chromosome aneuploidies with high accuracy . . prenat diag . 33 7 643 9 . doi 10.1002 pd .4159 . pmc 3764608 . pmid 23712453 . canick ja ; et al. july 2013 . the impact of maternal fetal plasma dna fetal fraction on next generation sequencing test for common fetal aneuploidies . . prenat diag . 33 7 667 74 . doi 10.1002 pd .4126 . pmid 23592541 . zimmermann b ; et al. dec 2012 . noninvasive prenatal aneuploidy testing of chromosome 13 18 21 x and y using targeted sequencing of polymorphic loci . . prenat diag . 32 13 1233 41 . doi 10.1002 pd .3993 . pmc 3548605 . pmid 23108718 . references edit prenatal testing company natera raises 20m san francisco business times one on one with natera founder jonathan sheena san francisco business times natera launches noninvasive prenatal test ; quest to offer in limited areas by march nationwide in april genomeweb miscarriage mysteries create new market for natera xconomy gsn races to improve prenatal tests for genetic conditions bloomberg innovator matt rabinowitz sifts gene data for healthy pregnancies bloombergbusinessweek nicolaides kh syngelaki a gil mm quezada ms zinevich y october 2013 . prenatal detection of fetal triploidy from cell free dna testing in maternal blood . fetal diagnosis and therapy . 35 3 212 7 . doi 10.1159 000355655 . pmid 24135152 . prenatal screening companies expand scope of dna tests nature non invasive prenatal test for down s syndrome developed . bionews . external links edit natera s homepage retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title natera & oldid 723613875 categories health care companies of the united statescompanies based in san carlos californiacompanies listed on nasdaqhidden categories articles covered by wikiproject wikify from september 2015articles needing footnote reformattingall articles covered by wikiproject wikify navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 june 2016 at 02 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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