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Expanded Newborn Screening Using Genome Sequencing for Early Actionable Conditions

From the abstract: "What is the parental acceptance, feasibility, and screen-positive rate of targeted genome screening in newborns of different racial and ethnic groups? In this study of 4000 newborns, 72.0% of approached families consented to participate. Genome sequencing was successfully completed for 99.6% of participants. The screen-positive rate in a predefined gene panel was 3.7%. Targeted analysis of a predefined set of genes from genome sequencing for screening in a diverse newborn population is feasible and could expand the scope of newborn screening. "

Crossing the Equity Chasm: Addressing a Second Valley of Death in Biomedical Innovation

From the article: "Recent transformative advances in health and medicine have successfully traversed the valley of death, including progress in genomics, precision medicine, innovative medicines and vaccines, gene therapy, and artificial intelligence. However, it is critical to call attention to a second, important valley of death: the failure to deliver scientific advances to populations most in need. The second valley of death is fueled by socioeconomic, environmental, political, and systemic factors; health system failures; and persistent challenges in closing the last mile in health care, resulting in significant disparities in morbidity and mortality worldwide. "

Advancing ASO therapies from development to implementation

From the abstract: "A novel application of antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) technology, developed to treat a single patient, adds to the growing number of ‘personalized’ therapies for rare diseases; but pathways to implementation and access are urgently needed. "

Every baby deserves access to genetic screening

From the article: "Nation-wide genetic screening, available to all newborns, could in principle also be a tool to narrow the disparities that exist in today’s healthcare systems, providing to every family information about their baby’s health, regardless of socioeconomic and geographical factors. Designing genomics-based newborn screening programs that bring benefit equitably to the population is, however, an extremely complex task, also given the costs, and there is an urgent need to generate robust evidence on the potential benefits and harms of the approach, at the population level, before it can be implemented more widely. "


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