Screening dried blood spots from a Michigan birth cohort of nearly 2,000 children, researchers found roughly 1 in 27,000 babies had a genetic variant tied to early-onset cancer.
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Nature
Population-based genomic detection of childhood cancer predisposition using newborn dried blood spots
Nature Communications - Prospective genomic newborn screening in large populations with extended follow-ups are necessary to assess the impact of the inclusion of cancer genes on outcomes. Here,...
Screening newborns for congenital cytomegalovirus, the leading nongenetic cause of childhood hearing loss, raised detection 2.5-fold across a 50,438-birth hospital system; 34 infected infants found among 7,491 screened
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American Academy of Pediatrics
Implementing Congenital CMV Screening in a Large Hospital System
10.1542/6400825518112Video AbstractPEDS-VA_2026-0767766400825518112BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES. Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) is the most common congenital infection and the leading nongenetic cause of sensorineural hearing loss. Despite expanding legislative…