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The fetal DNA in a mother's blood can already reveal an infant's sex and other traits inherited from the father. But picking out a fetus's entire genome from its mother's is much tougher, says Dennis Lo, a chemical pathologist at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, who led the study.
Fetal Blood Flow. A fetus (baby) is fed, or nourished, by the mother through the placenta, which is attached to the umbilical cord. In the placenta, the mother's blood and the fetal blood both flow through vessels that are very close together.But the mother's blood does not mix with the fetal blood.When the mother's blood is close to the fetal blood, oxygen and nutrients move from the mother's blood into the fetal blood.As the blood flows through the fetus, it picks up waste products and returns to the mother through the umbilical cord.etal Blood Flow. A fetus (baby) is fed, or nourished, by the mother through the placenta, which is attached to the umbilical cord. In the placenta, the mother's blood and the fetal blood both flow through vessels that are very close together.