{"id":5720,"date":"2026-04-14T14:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T02:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.awanuilabs.co.nz\/north\/auckland\/?page_id=5720"},"modified":"2026-04-14T14:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T02:17:09","slug":"illumiscreen-pre-natal-screening","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.awanuilabs.co.nz\/north\/auckland\/for-patients\/illumiscreen-pre-natal-screening\/","title":{"rendered":"Illumiscreen \u2013 Pre-Natal Screening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Illumiscreen is a non-invasive prenatal screening (NIPS) test<\/strong>, also commonly referred to as non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a simple blood test that screens pregnancies for chromosomal conditions by analysing genetic material from the placenta circulating in the mother\u2019s blood. Illumiscreen provides screening across all 23 pairs of chromosomes, detecting conditions such as Down syndrome, Edwards syndrome, and Patau syndrome. 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