Technologies
COORDINATIVE ALLELE-AWARE TARGET ENRICHMENT (COATE) SEQUENCING

COATE-seq was specifically developed for the concurrent detection of chromosomal and single-gene disorders by the analyses of fetal cell-free DNA present in maternal blood. Followed by multidimensional genomic analyses of sequencing read-depth, allelic fraction, and genetic linkage, the fetal genome is genetically deconvoluted from maternal background, allowing for highly sensitive and accurate detection of various genetic disorders. This encompasses genetic aberrations ranging from single nucleotide variants to a whole chromosome copy number change, significantly improving the detection yield of severe genetic disorders.
The detection rate was increased by 60.7% using NIPS2 compared to standard NIPS in pregnancies with fetal anomalies (data published on Nature Medicine, 2024)

Publications
Advances in prenatal cell-free DNA screening for dominant monogenic conditions: A review of current progress and future directions in clinical implementation
Published in Prenatal Diagnosis | January 25, 2025
Advancing prenatal diagnosis through comprehensive fetal cell-free DNA screening
Published in Clinical and Translational Medicine | December 22, 2024
Detection of chromosomal abnormalities and monogenic variants in fetal cfDNA for prenatal diagnosis
Published in Nature Medicine | February 9, 2024
Prospective prenatal cell-free DNA screening for genetic conditions of heterogenous etiologies
Published in Nature Medicine | January 22, 2024
Noninvasive Evaluation of Fetal Zygosity in Twin Pregnancies Involving a Binary Analysis of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms
Published in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics | June 1, 2023
Genetic deconvolution of fetal and maternal cell-free DNA in maternal plasma enables next-generation non-invasive prenatal screening
Published in Cell Discovery | October 13, 2022
Comprehensive non-invasive prenatal screening for pregnancies with elevated risks of genetic disorders: protocol for a prospective, multicentre study
Published in BMJ | August 27, 2021
Low-level germline mosaicism of a novel SMARCA2 missense variant: Expanding the phenotypic spectrum and mode of genetic transmission
Published in Mol Genet Genomic Med. | July 22, 2021