This article summarizes the Professor Kamal Buckshee Oration given by the author at the annual conference of the Society of Fetal Medicine in Kochi, August 2014. The contributions of Professor Buckshee to fetal medicine are briefly described. The article traces the development of fetal medicine in India. It discusses the application of noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) in India. It briefly calculates the cost benefits of sexing of the fetus for X-linked disease. It also describes the results of screening 320 pregnant women using NIPT for aneuploidies. The benefits and limitations of NIPT are presented.
Keywords
Fetal medicine in India - NIPT - NIPD - X-linked disease - Aneuploidies - Chromosomal disorders
