Gene therapies can now prevent newborns with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) being left paralysed - but only if administered at ...

The 34-year-old singer announced on Sunday that her twin daughters have been diagnosed with the severe muscular disease ...

Singer Jesy Nelson has pledged to "fight as much as I can" to get all babies tested for a rare muscle disease at birth, after ...

Mirror reveals 33 babies are being left needlessly paralysed every year because they are not given simple £5 blood test at ...

Newborn screening (NBS) is routinely performed across the world using biochemical testing methods. Recent advancements in genetic sequencing are a potential game-changer for newborn screening, swiftly ...

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 ...

JESY Nelson has insisted she’s “going to fight” to get SMA1 testing available on the NHS at birth – after her twin babies ...

A new study indicates that noninvasive prenatal screening (NIPS) performed using a low-cost form of whole genome sequencing can detect the risk in pregnant mothers of transmitting cytomegalovirus (CMV ...

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 ...

KATHMANDU, Jan 7: Newborns at Thapathali Maternity Hospital were earlier treated only if a health problem was observed at ...

When a baby is born in the United States, a few drops of blood are taken from their heel to test for many conditions that could affect the child’s long-term health or survival. This testing is part of ...

Many parents think that a newborn will respond to sounds as they get older, but hearing problems often go unnoticed. Early ...