Month: August 2015

Noninvasive Prenatal Screening – Testing Now Available For PWS

Janalee Heinemann, PWSA (USA) Coordinator of Research and International Affairs Noninvasive prenatal screening (NIPS) – also called noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) or cell–free DNA testing – is now available for Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). Testing can be done any time after 9-10 weeks gestation because DNA from the fetus circulates in maternal blood. The testing is...

PWSA (USA) Joseph McErlane Research Grant

  PWSA (USA) is sponsoring a grant that will bring therapy to the home! PWSA (USA) Joseph McErlane Research Grant Project Title: Evaluating the Feasibility of a Telehealth Intervention of Early Social Cognitive Processes in Children with Prader-Willi syndrome Principal Investigator: Anastasia Dimitropoulos, Associate Professor of Psychology, Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH  ...

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