David Godler is the group leader of the diagnosis and development laboratory at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute ...

The earlier diseases are diagnosed, the earlier they can be treated. Unfortunately, time is often of the essence for those with rare genetic disorders. For example, the few therapies that exist for ...

September is Newborn Screening Awareness Month, highlighting the importance of early detection and intervention for newborns. Here, Dr. Joshua Baker, attending physician in genetics, genomics and ...

1 National Newborn Screening & Genetics Resource Center, 1912 W Anderson Lane #210, Austin, TX78757, USA. 2 University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of Pediatrics, 7703 ...

Early results from a study of newborn screening methods show that DNA analysis picks up many more preventable or treatable serious health conditions than standard newborn screening and is favored by ...

Two studies published today in the American Journal of Human Genetics show the potential for genomic screening in newborns to address high rates of infant hospitalization and mortality in the United ...

The newborn hearing screening is designed to detect hearing abnormalities right after birth, since hearing loss is a common congenital condition among infants. In fact, roughly 2 or 3 out of every ...

For the first 1,000 days of my 7-year-old son’s life, my husband and I knew something was wrong with him —we just didn’t know what it was. As we watched Charlie struggle to get up off the floor, ...

The newborn screening program for early identification of hereditary diseases, one of the most successful public health programs in United States, was introduced more than 60 years ago. As the ...

Newborn screening, which represents one of the major advances in child health of the past century, has been carried out in all fifty U.S. states since the 1970s. New-born screening programs are ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In addition to public transit signs, billboards and digital ads are spreading awareness of newborn screening.

There are plans to add two more genetic disorders for screening for Wisconsin’s newborn screening program. X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) and Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 1 (MPS 1) will be part ...