Inspiring Story: Do you know how a family tragedy compelled Matthew to help other pregnant women?

Matthew Rabinowitz, the founder of Natera Inc. never thought of the project until an unfortunate event shocked his family. His sister’s baby was born with Down Syndrome and passed away 6 days after birth, and this presented Matt with a problem worth solving. He recognized the inadequacies in prenatal testing, took his engineering background and concepts that were commonplace in the technological world and applied them to the field of biology, and that’s how Natera was born.

 

Natera (previously Gene Security Network) is a genetic testing company that operates a CLIA-certified laboratory in San Carlos, California. The company specializes in analyzing microscopic quantities of DNA for reproductive health indications to provide the preconception and prenatal genetic testing services largely to the OBGYN physicians and in vitro fertilization centers.

 

Matthew touches on a lot of topics throughout his talk including his time at Stanford, his various start-ups, and his current business. Natera has done some amazing things in the field of prenatal testing, and the way it came to become a company and develop its technology has a sad beginning but an uplifting ending.

This inspiring story motivate us.Get to know how Invention of Matthew help other pregnant women.