Newborn bloodspot screening (NBS) began in the early 1960s based on the work of Dr.
Robert “Bob” Guthrie in Buffalo, NY, USA. His development of a screening test for …

Dried blood spots (DBS) are biological samples commonly collected from newborns and in
geographic areas distanced from laboratory settings for the purposes of disease testing and …

Between 2005 and 2021, 49 cases of classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia were
diagnosed in New Zealand, 39 were detected in newborns and 10 were not detected by …

Introduction: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is one of the life-shortening autosomal recessive diseases
in the Caucasian populations of Europe and North America which is detected and …

The surge in the worldwide prevalence of major depressive disorder (MDD), exacerbated by
the recent pandemic, among adolescents underscores their heightened vulnerability during …