The potential and translational application of infant genetic research

A Ronald, A Gui - Nature genetics, 2024 - nature.com
In the current genomic revolution, the infancy life stage is the most neglected. Although
clinical genetics recognizes the value of early identification in infancy of rare genetic causes …

Towards achieving equity and innovation in newborn screening across Europe

J Sikonja, U Groselj, M Scarpa, G la Marca… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Although individual rare disorders are uncommon, it is estimated that, together, 6000+
known rare diseases affect more than 30 million people in Europe, and present a substantial …

Newborn screening of primary carnitine deficiency: an overview of worldwide practices and pitfalls to define an algorithm before expansion of newborn screening in …

CR Lefèvre, F Labarthe, D Dufour, C Moreau… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Primary Carnitine Deficiency (PCD) is a fatty acid oxidation disorder that will be included in
the expansion of the French newborn screening (NBS) program at the beginning of 2023 …

Comparison of tandem mass spectrometry and the fluorometric method—Parallel phenylalanine measurement on a large fresh sample series and implications for …

D Perko, U Groselj, V Cuk, Z Iztok Remec… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Phenylketonuria (PKU) was the first disease to be identified by the newborn screening
(NBS) program. Currently, there are various methods for determining phenylalanine (Phe) …

Prospective cohort study of genomic newborn screening: BabyScreen+ pilot study protocol

S Lunke, SE Bouffler, L Downie, J Caruana, DJ Amor… - BMJ open, 2024 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Newborn bloodspot screening (NBS) is a highly successful public health
programme that uses biochemical and other assays to screen for severe but treatable …

Prospects for expansion of universal newborn screening in Bulgaria: a survey among medical professionals

G Iskrov, V Angelova, B Bochev, V Valchinova… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Determining the scope of a newborn screening program is a challenging health policy issue.
Our study aimed to explore the attitudes of specialists in pediatrics, neonatology, medical …

An insight into Indonesia's progress for newborn screening program: What is currently going on

GS Octavius, VA Daleni, YDS Sagala - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Objectives In this literature review, we describe the progress of Indonesia's NBS program
(which is heavily centered on CH screening), its current pilot projects, and what lies ahead …

Newborn genetic screening—Still a role for Sanger sequencing in the era of NGS

S Hogner, E Lundman, J Strand, ME Ytre-Arne… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the Norwegian newborn screening (NBS) program, genetic testing has been implemented
as a second or third tier method for the majority of NBS disorders, significantly increasing …

Perception of genomic newborn screening among peripartum mothers

B Prosenc, M Cizek Sajko, G Kavsek… - European Journal of …, 2024 - nature.com
Advances in genomic technology have generated possibilities for expanding newborn
screening from traditional procedures to genomic newborn screening (gNBS). However …

Analytical evaluation of the ideal strategy for high-throughput flow injection analysis by tandem mass spectrometry in routine newborn screening

I Cicalini, S Valentinuzzi, D Pieragostino, A Consalvo… - Metabolites, 2021 - mdpi.com
The introduction of tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) to clinical laboratories and the
advent of expanded newborn screening (NBS) were crucial changes to public health …