Your baby’s newborn screening may include testing for certain amino acid metabolism disorders. These rare health conditions affect a body’s metabolism. Metabolism is the way your body changes food ...

Your baby’s newborn screening may include testing for certain galactosemia disorders. These rare health conditions affect how a body breaks down galactose, a sugar found in all foods that contain milk ...

Expanding newborn screening (NBS) to include identifying genes associated with an increased risk for neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) would cause more harm than good, according to an article ...

I got a blood test as a newborn that changed the course of my life forever. The test, part of newborn screening performed on babies across the U.S. led to my being diagnosed with a rare inherited ...

New York is expanding testing of newborns in 2022 to include screening for a range of potentially debilitating genetic conditions, with an emphasis on disorders common among certain ethnic and ...

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A newly developed test to screen for three rare genetic disorders simultaneously in newborns was feasible, reliable and scalable, according to a new study. A newly developed test to screen for three ...

For decades, newborn screening has relied on a heel-prick blood test that identifies a limited number of serious conditions ...

Two disorders are being added to Virginia’s newborn screening program. Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) will be included on a list of metabolic and genetic ...

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Texas newborns are now screened for a rare genetic disorder called GAMT deficiency, expanding the state’s testing panel to 60 ...

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 ...