The newborn screening market offers significant opportunities driven by rising neonatal populations and congenital disease ...

Quantabio, announced the launch of the sparQ™ Lysis Kit. This product is the latest addition to the company’s comprehensive newborn screening workflow for sequencing dried blood spots. Quantabio will ...

Routine newborn screening (NBS) has transformed early disease detection. However, traditional biochemical tests limit the ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared for marketing the first screening test for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) in newborns. The EnLite Neonatal TREC Kit, manufactured by ...

The earlier diseases are diagnosed, the earlier they can be treated. Unfortunately, time is often of the essence for those with rare genetic disorders. For example, the few therapies that exist for ...

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 ...

Yet, the effectiveness of genetic sequencing as an alternative method for NBS has not previously been studied. To evaluate the outcomes of applying gene panel sequencing as a first-tier newborn ...

While the challenges in affordability and accessibility emphasize the importance of early awareness and interventions, equitable access to the screening itself poses a crucial hindrance. A new study ...

Arizona is expanding its newborn health screening program, even as the federal process for adding new disorders has stalled. The state plans to screen for 39 different rare disorders by 2027, up from ...