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FDA allows marketing of neonatal SCID screening test

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA announced it has allowed marketing of the EnLite Neonatal TREC Kit, a screening test for severe combined ...
Science Daily

Newborn screening test developed for rare, deadly neurological disorder

Soon after birth, a baby's blood is sampled and tested for a number of rare inherited conditions, such as cystic fibrosis and sickle cell anemia. A new study describes a novel newborn screening test ...
BMJ Global Health

A pilot implementation study to detect neonatal critical congenital heart disease using pulse oximetry screening in Accra, Ghana

Background Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the leading congenital cause of death in newborns worldwide. Approximately ...
NPR

Parents Lobby States To Expand Newborn Screening Test For Rare Brain Disorder

Kerri De Nies received the news this spring from her son's pediatrician: Her chubby-cheeked toddler has a rare brain disorder. She'd never heard of the disease — adrenoleukodystrophy, or ALD — but ...