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After an abnormal NIPT finding in a pregnant woman, a maternal-fetal medicine doctor orders a second NIPT, against recommendations.

For example, gene therapy could be delivered to unborn babies found to have various mutations, while they are still in the womb. "We've recently figured out a way of doing this," he says.

The testing kit, which costs approximately $150, involves swabbing the cheek and mailing the sample back to a laboratory company to see if the gene mutations are present.