More than a decade ago, researchers launched the BabySeq Project, a pilot program to return newborn genomic sequencing ...

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 ...

"Our shared goal is to establish a robust and scalable research model for genomic newborn screening that helps uncover the genetic basis of undiagnosed conditions from birth,” said Professor Vorasuk ...

During the first few days of a newborn baby’s life, state law mandates that he or she receives a blood test, currently done ...

JB Pritzker signed a law to add Duchenne muscular dystrophy to the state’s newborn screening panel. But the screenings haven’t started yet — because lawmakers haven’t funded them.

and associate dean for health equity and associate professor of population health and internal medicine at the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School. “Newborn screening has been a major ...

A recent study found that strict adherence to high-throughput sequencing (HTS) technology-based carrier screening in ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved an at-home cervical cancer screening tool as an alternative to Pap smears by ...

Last month, the Trump administration threatened to cancel medical research funds and to pull the accreditation for universities that have diversity and inclusion programs and that boycott Israeli ...

TORCH infections are unique in their pathogenesis and have potentially devastating clinical manifestations. Congenital toxoplasmosis remains an important cause of blindness, although avoiding ...

The FDSS/μCELL is a kinetic plate reader with an integrated dispensing head and imaging-based detector. Simultaneous dispensing into the entire 96/384-well plates and simultaneous detection of ...

There is good evidence that normal, term newborns who are placed skin to skin with their mothers immediately after birth make the transition from fetal to newborn life with greater respiratory ...