A National Institutes of Health study will evaluate whether to screen tens of thousands of healthy infants for genetic ...

More than a decade ago, researchers launched the BabySeq Project, a pilot program to return newborn genomic sequencing results to parents and measure the effects on newborn care. Today, over 30 ...

In Destiny’s Child No Longer: Rewriting Genetic Fate, we envisioned a world where every newborn would be screened for genetic risks. We see a future in which the randomness of genetic inheritance ...

South Carolina has expanded newborn genetic screening to detect two more rare diseases, giving doctors a better chance to treat babies early.

A rare genetic deficiency that can cause developmental delays, intellectual disability, seizures and movement disorders will ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Standard care relies on physicians suspecting genetic diseases in infants and referring them for testing. An ...

South Carolina expands newborn genetic screening to detect and treat more conditions earlier, potentially saving lives.

It reports the results of genetic testing for the 22 known genetic causes of neonatal diabetes in 1,020 patients over the past ten years. During this 10 year period, the time for genetic testing after ...

Genetic conditions often result from inherited mutations passed down from one or both parents. In an inherited genetic disorder, a mutated gene is transmitted from a parent. 3 Recent developments have ...

A federal advisory committee that provides guidance on which rare diseases newborns should be screened for has been dissolved by the Trump administration, according to a letter obtained by the Boston ...